Tiny’s transformation with us has been pretty amazing. When she came to us she was literally starving to death. She wasn’t eating or drinking, and at almost 2 years old she weighed only 15 lbs. We now believe she’s a Little Person which accounts for how small her frame is, but she was still soContinue reading “Tiny’s Tale”
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Do the parents know where we live?
Nope. Definitely not. Even Kiddo’s mom, who has become a good friend and is welcome at our house literally any time, has only been coming to our house for about a year now. Until then she didn’t know where we lived. Why? If we want to have good relationships with our kids’ parents, why wouldn’tContinue reading “Do the parents know where we live?”
Reactions to “I’m a foster parent”
To say the least, we have gotten a wide variety of reactions from people about our being foster parents. For the most part we have been very lucky – our friends and family have supported us. That’s not always the case. One friend of ours who has her own biological son and also fostered forContinue reading “Reactions to “I’m a foster parent””
“How do you get kids caught up developmentally?”
I got a great question from a dear friend (a series of great questions actually) that I’ll answer in a series of posts. One of her questions was what we do to help kids catch up developmentally. The short answer? Believe it or not, just play with them. A lot. All our Littles have beenContinue reading ““How do you get kids caught up developmentally?””
Foster Care and God
I feel like there are so many foster care blogs that are very religious, and a lot of people do enter foster parenting because they say they are Christian and “felt called by God” to foster or adopt kids. If you read my previous post about why I foster, you know God doesn’t really factorContinue reading “Foster Care and God”
Therapy Pets
In addition to being foster parents, Seth and I have a variety of critters. At present we have one dog, four cats, and one kitten (whom we affectionately refer to as Le Shittén because her antics are something else). They all play a role with the kids, particularly the dogs. The current dog Phoebe, akaContinue reading “Therapy Pets”
Our “Speciality” in Kids with Medical Issues
I mentioned in an earlier blog that Seth and I specialize in kids with medical issues. Here’s the story of how that came about and some of the kids we’ve had with medical issues. It started gradually with kid I shall call Gronckle (for his resemblance to the dragons in How to Train Your DragonContinue reading “Our “Speciality” in Kids with Medical Issues”
Being Hated by the Parents
Not all our foster parenting stories involve friendships between us and the kids’ parents. Seth and I pride ourselves on working really hard to have good relationships with parents of kids who are in our care, but it isn’t always possible for a whole variety of reasons. One very young mom was always fine withContinue reading “Being Hated by the Parents”
Kiddo
I hardly know where to begin with a blog about Kiddo, so I guess I will begin at the beginning. I will warn you now this is likely to be a long blog post because there are five years of history and they’ve been jam packed with drama. But I think it’s crucial that IContinue reading “Kiddo”
Forever Twos
Forever Twos We have been parenting two-year-olds for 3 1/2 years. Most parents get to get THROUGH the two-year-old stage and into the threenage stage and then the eff you fours and then come out the other side with kids who can wipe their own butts and not have a meltdown about having taken offContinue reading “Forever Twos”
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