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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Working mom of two adopted children here.  (intl adoption, China, one adopted at age 3, one adopted at age 2)

I think you will be fine.  Just do the best you can.  Yes, as the person above me posted, DO read a TON about attachment.  Do all of the activities and things the books suggest when you are with them.  Co-sleep if you can, to enhance the bonding.

My children went/go to daycare 8 weeks after we brought them home, and that has worked for us, but I understand that sounds crazy when I see it written down here in black and white, but it did work out.  And I understand that yours will be younger (so I agree that family care at that point may be better than daycare center care) but just watch the bonding/attachment issues.  [/quote]

PP back.  Go in with this plan, but keep it flexible.  Monitor how things seem to be going attachment-wise.  Be flexible and able to change if you change your mind later and think you should take the FMLA and be there exclusively with your new child.[/quote]

I have read about attachment, and we will be bringing home a 3-day old newborn, so it will be very different from a child who has been in the foster situation without a consistent and stable caregiver.

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You are correct.  We too brought home a three-day old.  No attachment issues.[/quote]

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