[Momoffive1966]

Trust you gut on it. I can tell you it is a big adjustment for pets...our dog flipped out when our little one came home...piddled everywhere and reverted like a child, but we are pretty hands on with our pets..I was just so tired with my little girl (she came to us at 12 months old) that I didn't have energy to do all the things I had done before...like play fetch and such. Have you considered a Foster Adopt program...it changed our lives! we have adopted three children thru the california foster care system with no cost to us and the children have Adoption Assistance of several hundred dollars a month each until they are 18. But I understand the baby thing as we are currently adopting for the forth time and this time an undependant adoption thru a facilitator/attorney. Good luck to you with your journey...