Here are some specifics on how to know when your child is attached. These are from the adoption forum blogs and Nancy Spoolstra is the author of these. They are excellent. There is no one way to answer the question, but these will give you some idea:
Reactive Attachment Disorder Blog - How can you tell if your child is attached? More ideas...
Reactive Attachment Disorder Blog - More ways to assess attachment progress...
Reactive Attachment Disorder Blog - Is my child attached or not?
Reactive Attachment Disorder Blog - Assessing attachment in a newly formed family
She has written extensively on her blogs... should be a regular reading assignment for all of us where attachment parenting is the gold standard.
Mike
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Julia's Journey
-from Ulan-Ude
-Trip #1 November 2004
-Trip #2 March 9, 2005
-Gotcha Day March 17, 2005
-Home Forever March 26, 2005
-RAD diagnosis May 2006
-PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Diagnosis) August 2006
Our attachment therapist's quote to me after a session with my daughter and my wife: "You've landed yourself right in the middle of a looney bin."
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