[2moms4Olivia]

Seems everywhere I turn wether it be a conversation with another adoptive parent, a book on adoption or the requirements listed on photo listing sites I read "Must be the youngest children in the home" OR that you should only adopt/foster children younger than your bios. BUT BUT BUT we really do not have any desire to adopt a new born or infant younger than age 2 or 3. and we do not want to wait until our daughter is 5yrs old to expand our family to accommodate this. We feel strongly about adopting a sibling group. I want a large family (6+kids) and Ive done the pregnant give birth thing, it was a wonderful special amazing experience and I wouldnt trade it for anything but I really feel my calling is to expand my family via adoption. Has anyone here ever adopted children older than your bios? My dd will be 1yr old in april. TIA

~~~Renee

[Cleopatrick]

We have once, and are in the process of doing it again. Although my son wasn't a bio, lol, he was adopted as an infant through a private adoption. His big sister came to live with us when he was 10 months old and she was six. She came back when he was three and she was eight, and adopted when he was four and she was nine. We are currently in the process of adopting and the little boy is 10 months older than my son. We haven't had any problems with either situation. I'm sure there are some bad stories out there, but mine isn't one of them . My oldest took right to being an older sister, and he was little when she came, and came back that he doesn't really remember life without her. He's a little more confused about the current adoptions since he's five now and more aware of what's going on. My only "bad" experience is that my son is taller than his soon to be older brother. They argue all the time about who's the big boy .