How old is too old to adopt a newborn

No, I don't think 41-42 is too old to adopt a newborn at all. I will be 40 this year, my husband is 44 and we will be adopting our second newborn in 2009. Expectant mothers keep choosing us so apparently they don't think we're "too old" to parent a newborn either. :) I'd say it has more to do with if you want to have a newborn at 40 or not than anything else. Yes, you will be nearly 60 when he/she graduates from high school, and yes you'll probably be more tired and have more aches and pains than someone in their 20's, and yes you may be the oldest parent at your son or daughters preschool but it's generally understood that adoptive parents are a bit older. If it's something you really want then go for it.