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Pros and Cons
I didn't take my 15 year old daughter with me to kaz for my son's adoption last spring. I couldn't afford the ticket, and I needed her to stay home and help my mother, who lives with us and is partially disabled due to severe arthritis.
We had some challenges with her when I got home, over unauthorized cell phone use. She felt abandoned and acted out. However, I didn't feel like I could have made any other decision. There just wasn't any easy choice.
With a 3 year old, I would definitely take the child. There needs to be bonding with the sibling, and to a 3 year old, several weeks without mom and dad will seem like an eternity and could hamper him emotionally.
That said, be sure and get your pediatrician to give you a prescription for some common childhood things, and take Children's Motrin, etc. those things are available in Kaz but hard to buy unless you have a translator with you who is very familiar with kids. They just don't have there what we have here.
I'd get an apartment if I took a 3 year old. Be sure and take plenty of warm clothes, if you're in Northern Kaz, where it's very much like Siberia. Southern Kaz is much warmer.
If you look on my blogsite, there's a link to my trip blog, entitled Jack's New Family. Look back at entries for March and May and that will give you an idea.
Good Luck!
Dee
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