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”
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Adoptee Voices
I do a LOT of reading and listening and watching about foster care and adoption. I follow blogs, I listen to podcasts and books, and when I spend time on TikTok, I’m just as likely to be watching videos posted by foster parents or adoptees as I am to be watching silly cat videos. IContinue reading “Adoptee Voices”
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.”
Recertification as a Foster Home
Every two years we have to be re-certified by the County that holds our foster care license. The process is fairly simple. First, we have to do physicals. There’s a form our doctors have to complete that basically confirms we are healthy enough to be foster parents and are up to date generally. Second, sinceContinue reading “Recertification as a Foster Home”
Gloriously Unemployed
I’ve written a little bit about my work history previously here. If you don’t feel like reading the old post, in short, my work story is as follows: I went to Cornell Law School, and went straight to a law firm of roughly 65 attorneys where I worked for 15 years practicing environmental and zoningContinue reading “Gloriously Unemployed”
A Yucky Post to Write
We have notified the County that we need to have them move Little Dude if they can find another place for him. I’m feeling… well, terrible about it. I’m also vastly relieved at the idea, which is probably pretty telling. I wrote a while back about having a hard time bonding with Little Dude Man,Continue reading “A Yucky Post to Write”
Gratitude Journal
I bought a new blank book today to re-start an old practice: keeping a Gratitude Journal. It’s a practice I started several years ago at the urging of my therapist. The challenge is to write down three things each day that I’m grateful for, and try not to repeat any one thing throughout the book.Continue reading “Gratitude Journal”
A day in the life of a foster parent
5:30 am, Tiny toddles into our bedroom and asks for a hug. Seth and I peel our eyes open. 6:00 am, Dude man starts fussing in his crib. Baths, getting kids dressed, breakfast follow. 7:30 am, Seth takes the kids to daycare. Forgets Tiny’s glasses and mask. 8:30 am, our amazing daycare provider calls toContinue reading “A day in the life of a foster parent”
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