Dear concerned parent, your 18-month old-baby is facing a Reactive Attachment disorder (RAD), which rest assured, is utterly normal in this scenario. Adopting an infant is a quite intricate situation and needs to be handled with delicacy and love. At this age, a child is still trying to learn and adapt to its surroundings, and being taken to a completely new one can be distressing. This “newborn temperament” is evidently seen postnatal development. In a scenario as such, different babies have different adaptive abilities. Unlike “an easy baby”, a difficult baby is slow to adjust to new circumstances and can react negatively, whether constantly crying or making seldom contact, as in this case. However, parents can be taught to respond accordingly
