Adopting a post-institutionalized child
I am excited because I just found out I will be getting to adopt a little girl I have wanted for 3 years. Baby K is 3 and a half. I had her sib in foster care for a year. When Baby K was a small infant I took her sib to visit her several times a week. Baby K was in a hospital because of severe physical abuse. Now she is finally ready to leave the institution and I will have her home sometime this fall. She has spent all but a month of her life in the hospital. Doies anyone have advice for me as I prepare to bring her home? I should add I have two other adopted daughters ages 1 and 5, and I am a single mom.
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