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Hi, just wanted to remark about both parents being "older." My husband was 53 and I was 51 when we adopted a newborn baby girl two days old, right out of the hospital. At the time, my youngest biological child, my daughter, was 11 years old and my oldest biological child, son, was 33 (married with three children). It seemed so natural and wasn't hard for me at all with the night feedings and going through all the baby stages (along with all the baby paraphenalia!) all over again! We loved every minute of it. My daughter was a big help with her new little baby sister.
We enjoyed our new little daughter so much that we decided to adopt internationally! We went to Ukraine in 2001 and adopted a nine year old girl when my husband was almost 56 and I was now 54! This little girl has been such a blessing to our family! She fits in like a glove and now we have three daughters, the youngest one is only 4 years old at this point, so we will be parenting for a long time!
My two youngest daughters, age 11 and 4, are good friends with my grandchildren who age from 10 down to 3! It may not work for everyone, but we love the opportunity to still have a young family. We love being grandparents (we have seven altogether, three live in Fla.), and we are still enjoying being parents to young children of our own. To watch the love between our three daughters is such a blessing! They truly enjoy each other! I guess you are never too old to adopt, as long as you are healthy and love being a parent! God bless!
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