The sweet babe we were expecting to come to us today? Yeaaaaah… not so fast. The judge, rightly so, decided to send her home to her parents instead. The county was planning to recommend she go home by the end of summer anyway, and the parents have been doing everything they need to do, so baby girl is going home today ❤️, a little early, and bypassing our home entirely.
It’s a happy ending for baby and her parents but alas! I’m sad not to have a babe for the summer! Of course, the court hearing came AFTER I’d already gone and purchased a new pack and play… heh. Well, we need one anyway if we are going to continue to do respite care.
The exciting thing for me is that in all the scrambling we did to make sure we could take good care of the baby, I found a new babysitter! They’re worth their weight in gold, so I’m positively delighted by this turn of events! Sprout needs a sitter so Seth and I can go out on occasion, and so I can go to my own medical appointments when Seth is working. Talk about a lucky find.
I also found my own willingness to do respites for babies over the summer, so I’ll call the county to let them know they can call me for respites for babies, if any are needed. Perhaps that new pack and play will get some use soon.
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