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[mommydama]

I need comments.

I've never been so needy in the comment department before. I haven't been commenting enough on other's blogs, I know. It is definately a reciprocal thing here in LJ world. Which makes sense...I'm just feeling comment needy today.

So...in order to generate a discussion as I seem to be desperately in need of one, ask me a question. Be anonymous if need be. I'll do my best to answer it.

Comments

[lost-almost.livejournal.com]

I think I may be the only non-friend here, so I will delurk and say hello! I love reading your journal. The way your celebrate each of your kids' uniqueness is so inspiring.

I plan to adopt someday and my husband and I discussed this before we got married. What I wonder about is was it more challenging to adopt an older child? We plan to adopt from our home country (India) and it will likely be a 4-5 year old. My husband thinks a younger child may be easier and is open to adopting from other countries, but I am somehow attached to the idea of an Indian child. We am still thinking through all these issues and examining
our biases..

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

It was harder to adopt an older child in a lot of ways. But Maria was only 27 mos old when we brought her home. She was still very young...a toddler really. I've read a lot of stuff that says the toddler years are the hardest time to bring a child into a new family. They are old enough to really feel the upheaval and not old enough to explain it to. I almost think it would be easier to bring a five year old into your life. At least you could talk to them about what is going on in their lives. Of course, the sooner you can bring a child "home" for good, the better.

I think it would be wonderful to adopt from you home country!