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I brought home my 9 mo to a 4 yo sister. I sent her to 1/2 day pre-school for a couple reasons. One, during the attachment phase the baby demands so much attention, I felt like i was depriving my dd while answering my ds's needs, two, she was used to going to school it was part of her routine and she loves school I did not think I should disrupt a good routine because of the new baby.
Maybe this is wrong, but i always think, what would i have done if I brought the baby home as a newborn. I would not have kept my daughter out of school - and an adopted older child needs even more atteniotn, which means less for child used to be the center of attention
I do not think I expressed it well but hopefully you got the gist
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4/2/02 - Miracle Munchkin born 
7/04 - sign for Russian adoption
6/17/05 -switched to Guat/new agency
6/22/05 - Baby Y Born
6/27 - Accepted Referral
8/26/05 - Dossier sent to agency
9/12/05 - POA Registered
9/14 DNA Authorization
10/15 99.9% MATCH
1/5/06 - Notified out of FC
1/17/06 - PRE-APProval
1/20/06 - Entered PGN (est. date)
2/20/06 - OUT of PGN 
3/14 - Submitted for pink
3/22/06 - PINK!!!!!
NO LONGER WAITING
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