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I don't think toddlers are generally considered waiting children unless they have some kind of SN, most of the NSN waiting children I've heard about in the Asian countries tend to be pre-school age and older. I'm sure it varies from country to country though and probably one important variable is that a country that has just opened (or reopened) for adoption probably has a number of children of ALL ages that are "ready to go" so to speak. Also, and I could be wrong, it seems that the younger NSN waiting children tend to be boys since they're less popular with IA PAPs.
You might want to take a look at "The Weaver's Craft" it's a really good book on toddler adoption (but I don't remember who wrote it). I think a lot has to do with the child's individual personality though, and the sort of care he or she has been recieving (i.e., a child raised by a birthparent & than left at the orphanage due to death or poverty shortly before becoming available for adoption is going to be in a very different place psychologically than one who's been in the orphanage since birth, etc.).
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