Product Description

Finally, a childcare book written with the unique needs of adopted toddlers in mind. Written by an adoptive parent, Adopting A Toddler: What Size Shoes Does She Wear? is an indispensable guide to the wonderful world of toddler adoption. Filled with essential parenting information, Adopting a Toddler answers many questions that parents ask, including questions about changing a name, choosing a crib versus a bed, beginning potty training, and what size shoes to buy.

Adopting a Toddler is easy to read and covers every aspect of adopting a one to four year-old; with sections on the toddler wardrobe, the nursery, child safety, mealtime, bath time, selecting a pediatrician, medical considerations, international adoption travel, pre and post adoption resources, and more. Adopting a Toddler provides the most up-to-date solutions for preparing for your new arrival.

"If you're a first time parent, believe me—this is the practical ‘how to, how much, when, where and why’ guide to preparing for and welcoming your toddler home. Highly recommended!"—Roberta Rosenberg, AdoptShoppeBooks.com

"Adopting a Toddler fulfills an unclaimed niche within the realm of older child adoption literature. Ms. Hoppenhauer combines research with her personal experiences as an adoptive parent. Parents will refer to it multiple times."—Susan M. Ward Editor, Older Child Adoption Online Magazine, www.olderchildadoption.com

"Written with a mom's humor, this book contains the most practical advice on adopting a toddler I have ever read."—John Maclean, Author, Russian Adoption Handbook, Chinese Adoption Handbook

Denise Harris Hoppenhauer is an adoptive parent and advocate. She is the Program Coordinator for an International Adoption Agency and the 2003 recipient of the Dave Thomas Advocate of the Year Award from the South Carolina Council On Adoptable Children.

The Author is donating 10% of her proceeds to Shoes for Orphan Souls.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #188436 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
"Adopting a Toddler: provides great insight for those who are preparing to adopt a toddler." -- —Mary Lib Mooney, The Adoption Guide/Adoption News

"Ms. Hoppenhauer combines research with her personal experiences as an adoptive parent. Parents will refer to it multiple times." -- —Susan M. Ward, Editor, Older Child Adoption Online Magazine

"Written with a mom’s humor, this book contains the most practical advice on adopting a toddler I have ever read." -- —John Maclean, Author, Russian Adoption Handbook

About the Author
Denise Harris Hoppenhauer is an adoptive parent and advocate for adopted children. She has written numerous adoption articles, which have been published in a variety of mediums. The author is donating 10% of proceeds from this book to Shoes for Orphan Souls.

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Customer Reviews

Encouraging and supportive book
This book was very reassuring during the preparation for our international adoption. The author shares her own experiences, provides many helpful tips and resources, and writes in a very friendly and encouraging way. I liked that this book helped to make this feel like a manageable journey, and was realistic without being too scary, unlike many other books about this topic. I would definitely recommend this book.

Just what I was looking for!
As a soon-to-be adoptive mother of a 20 month old girl I have not yet met, I have been asking myself so many questions - do I change her name? how much of the nursery do I prepare? will she be in a crib or toddler bed? what size is she? I was absolutely amazed to see a book that asked (and offered realistic advice) to just those same questions. This book is written by adoptive parents that found themselves adopting a child much older than they were expecting, a situation very common in international adoption, with delays, red tape, and miscommunication. The book provides easy to read, NON-PREACHING suggestion and advise for any parent adopting a slightly older child (the "tweens", between infancy and preschool age). Even those adopting a 4-5 year old child could still find useful information. Among all the books about raising adoptive children, this is the one that "spoke" to me the best, on my terms, about things -I- was concerned about. I have already recommended the book to others in my pre-adoptive circle, and will continue to do so. Definitely worth your time.

Waste of Time and Money
International adoption is too expensive to waste your money on a book like this. The author says that she tried to write a book about everything she wished she'd thought of before adopting a toddler - unfortunately, my impression is that she didn't think it through much at all. The book is full of helpful tidbits like if you are adopting a three year old, you might want to consider getting a toddler bed instead of a crib, or if you're feeling frumpy and stressed out with all the waiting, you could go shopping! Or maybe get some Glamor Shots taken! Seriously, most of the things in this book are either common sense (don't leave the kid alone in the bathtub) or just plain goofy (Glamor Shots, getting your hair bleached blond). If I had been able to flip through it at a bookstore, I never would have purchased it.

Oooo! I forgot! Bring a cute outfit for the child to wear when you take pictures!