Feature Story
Bonding with Baby
Your newly adopted seven-month-old’s records indicate that he’s sleeping through the night—but you’ve found that he wakes up, screaming, every three hours. The 20-month-old you just welcomed home doesn’t seem interested in play—she wants to be held every moment she’s awake. What’s going on? >>>
First Days
Meeting Baby
- Your Baby, YourselfYour baby needs your full attention now. Here are some tips for keeping happy, healthy, and focused on the new priority in your life.
- Meeting Your BabyThe first few days with your new baby will bring a cornucopia of emotions. Here's how to focus on what counts—bonding with your baby.
- Ten Tips for Helping Babies Adjust
Promoting Attachment
- Connecting Through Everyday Baby CareDressing, feeding, burping, tickling, tucking into bed—the nuts and bolts of baby care bring the moments that can draw you together.
- Share Your Story: Baby CarriersFrom Our Reader Panel: Adoptive moms are passionate about their baby carriers. We asked for your favorites, and here’s what you said:July/August 2004
- Ask the Doctor: Promoting AttachmentQ: What’s the best way to facilitate attachment with our newly- adopted baby?
Post-Adoption Checkups
- Finding a PhysicianAn adoption-sensitive pediatrician or family medicine physician brings special expertise in caring for your baby’s medical and developmental needs.
- Post-Adoption Checkupsby Deborah Borchers, M.D.
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