Does anyone have a really small age gap?

[oldnewmummy]

Background: We're in Singapore, have one DS who's 17 months. We're looking into adopting a special needs child from care here (at the end of the year - DS will be almost 2).

We need to get cracking on this as we've just got PR in Australia and so need to do the adoption here first then apply for adoption visa for Oz.

Social services say it's very unlikely there would be a child under 1 available, so we're looking optimistically at up to maybe 18 months? That would mean a gap of maybe 4+ months between the kids.

Any experience of this?

CAPD is central auditory processing disorder. I'll try to find a link for you.

article on auditory processing disorders in post institutionalised children
here

IIFC head trauma and chronic ear infections are have also been suggested as risk factors and certainly the latter are more common in children who have been in the care system, due partly to feeding methods (propping bottles and putting thickeners in bottles)

we have had to wait until dd is 4, it would have been 3, which is the norm i think , but we got her at 14 months and they felt she needed longer settling in.

with such a small gap it may attract more attention and questions which no one needs.