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I couldn't agree more! You have to be educated in the "what if's" of adoption. There are cases were everything is smooth sailing from the begining, but that is definately not always the case.
We had all the sleep issues you did, but not the hitting. It was so tiring! Our son came home at 6 months. We had eating and drinking issues also. He wouldn't "ask" ie cry to eat. So we had to put him on an eating schedual. Despite what other people would say he could go hours and hours and would not cry to eat. We did a lot of attachment parenting and some of our family thought we were crazy. To the out side he was just quiet. But I know he was withdrawn. He has a very difficult time with transisions of any kind. After he had been home for 8 month we transisioned him to his bed to sleep at night, because it was getting dangerous for him. He kept falling out of our bed! Because of this he stopped drinking. Completely! We had to give him liquid with a medicine dropper and squirt it down so he wouldn't spit it out. This went on for a week, then he slowly started to drink again on his own. It took about a month for him to drink normal.
I know he is attached. Big transisions are very hard on him. Time will help, but he may always have transision issues. But Just like with all my kids all the hard times are worth it for the good times!!! MoMo
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