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When I told our social worker we would start FC when Ty was a year, she said we would only be able to accept children 3 months old and younger at first. I asked her why and she said, "well that was what we "should" do." She was VERY against the artificial twinning and says there is tons of research about how un healthy it is, especially in adoption situations for bonding etc. She also said that in many situations that the small age difference is enough that it makes the situations MORE difficult that twins because the miles stones are one shortly after the other instead of almost together, like with twins. I haven't really looked into it. That said, once Ty is 12 months, we will be accepting infants 12 months and younger. I do agree that Ty's birth order should be maintained, and he will remain our oldest...unless we adopt a sibling group right off the bat, and then we would actually look to disrupt birth order on advise of the social worker...it would imporve bonding if it went New adopted child, Ty, new adopted child she says anyway

So that's what I know on it. I would google it and I'm sure you will get other professional opinions. I've only read professional opinions against it, but the Mom's that do it say it is fine...I guess you have to decide who knows best.