[yehudit]

Whirled_Peas gave some good information, but please know that you don't have to do everything to bond with your baby. Sometimes as moms we get so caught up in doing everything "right" that we put too much pressure on ourselves and we're not able to function. For example, we were not able to co-sleep with thing 1. He would just get excited and thrash around, and no one got any sleep. Take what you can, but please don't feel like you have to do everything. And that goes for the rest of parenting, too.

With thing 2 (adopted), bonding was similar as it was with thing 1 (bio). I did sleep with her and tried to carry her as much as possible, but it just felt natural to do those things. You may be surpirsed when your own instincts kick in -- they can be very powerful.

Congratulations and good luck!!