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We brought our first son home when he was 11 months old. We were matched with him at 6 months old.

He slept great the first night we had him home but then he had sleeping issues for the next 3 months of so (it gradually got better over the next 6-9 months).

He didn't show too much emotion. We could get him to smile once in a while for pictures but that was about it. After being home for a couple months, he really blossomed.

It does take some time - especially with the new surroundings, smells and sounds. Our son is now a happy, healthy 3 1/2 year old.

PS: At the time we were traveling to bring him home (we did not visit him between referral and Embassy appt), we were most worried of what he would think of my husband because we weren't sure if he had been around men before...today...he is such a "papa's boy"! Just one of those silly things we thought about...