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Missing my beloveds

I’ve written before about missing kids when they go home, and have said that it gets easier with time. While that’s true for the most part, I still have my moments missing two different kids in particular. This popped up in my FB feed yesterday. We had Gronckle with us for about 9 months. WhenContinue reading “Missing my beloveds”

Alas! Foster care is unpredictable as can be!

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, soContinue reading “Alas! Foster care is unpredictable as can be!”

Never Say Never!

I swore we wouldn’t be taking any placements over the summer. Or any more long-term placements at all, in fact. But there are always “circumstances” that make hard rules a challenge. Late last summer we had a sweet, sweet baby placed with us for about a week. She was the cutest, most easy going, goodContinue reading “Never Say Never!”

Caring for Newborns is Hard, Y’all

It’s hard to sum up what life has been like the last month and a half. The best way is perhaps to explain what happened yesterday. We had not one, but TWO case workers come over yesterday to do monthly home visits – one for Sprout and one for Cookie. So we deep cleaned becauseContinue reading “Caring for Newborns is Hard, Y’all”

Christmas tidings!

Christmas is always a strange holiday for foster families. Depending on where kids are on their reunification journeys, often our kids have had visits with first families on Christmas, which we’ve always encouraged and facilitated. This year that’s not the case as Sprout’s family doesn’t celebrate Christmas in any significant way (they’re Muslim), and they’reContinue reading “Christmas tidings!”

Roller coaster fun with a baby

Baby “Cookie” is doing well. He’s gained 12 oz since he’s been with us!! Given that he came home from the hospital weighing a weenie 6 lbs, 12 more ounces is a really good thing. He’s not at all an easy kid to feed. He spits up a lot and actually vomits a lot, soContinue reading “Roller coaster fun with a baby”

Newborns are cute. And painful.

Yesterday late afternoon I got a call from the County asking if I would take a short term placement of a newborn male. We are focused on girls with medical issues in this household now, but I’ve always wanted to have the newborn experience and couldn’t until now because I was working. So since itContinue reading “Newborns are cute. And painful.”