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“Safe Arrival” - Car seat safety for internationally adopted children The issue of car safety can be confusing even in the case of a child, who is developing within usual parameters. Infants and children, who were recently adopted, do present additional challenges because of failure to thrive, developmental delays and sensory issues, to name a few. Children are not used to car rides to begin with and being restrained is making the things even worse. The use of the car safety restraints in this situation has to be adjusted based on each child’s chronological and developmental age, growth parameters and other variables. Early Toilet Training. Part 1, Toilet Training the Grandmother Style My 20 mo old son is reportedly toilet trained. Is it possible? Should I put him diapers or underwear? I heard a lot about children being traumatized during toilet training in orphanage. How can I help my child to overcome this trauma? In order to understand what to do with the newly adopted child, who was partially trained or abused during the toilet training process, we first have to determine what exactly is early toilet training and what is the difference in perception of toilet training in Russia and in the United States.