Diaper Swappers

dalynn1997 · 05-11-2012, 07:00 AM

Picked up a newborn baby boy on Monday. Court was yesterday and I didn't get a call that he was leaving so I guess he may stick awhile. His case is pretty serious, first one that I have had that makes me a little nervous. So right now I have a 6 week old girl and a 10 day old boy. Since I am taking a break from the medical complex cases, they are giving me newborns with exposure and I have even turned one down. Trying to figure out if I could juggle three if they call again since right now there are a lot of these type of removals for whatever reason.

luvbeingmomma · 05-11-2012, 07:50 AM

Two tiny newborns!? Sounds very sweet but lots of work

Who am I kidding, I would take twin babies, if I was asked.

FindingMercy · 05-11-2012, 08:23 AM

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FindingMercy · 05-11-2012, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dalynn1997

Picked up a newborn baby boy on Monday. Court was yesterday and I didn't get a call that he was leaving so I guess he may stick awhile. His case is pretty serious, first one that I have had that makes me a little nervous. So right now I have a 6 week old girl and a 10 day old boy. Since I am taking a break from the medical complex cases, they are giving me newborns with exposure and I have even turned one down. Trying to figure out if I could juggle three if they call again since right now there are a lot of these type of removals for whatever reason.

Oh my goodness! Certainly there will be a forever baby in the mix here for you with that many calls. At least we can all hope!

sillyutalktome · 05-11-2012, 11:33 AM

Wow Daylynn I keep wondering if I can handle my newborn and a placement. I keep leaning towards no....but my heart wants to find a way it can work. I think the actual care for the child would be fine, it's the therapy visits, visitation and CPS/Agency visits that just add so much to our lives.

Luvsviola - Congrats on court, I hope you get all the paperwork done as easily as possible and get granted all the financial support you can for that precious little one!

Finding Mercy - Good luck on your fundraiser!

dalynn1997 · 05-11-2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by sillyutalktome

Wow Daylynn I keep wondering if I can handle my newborn and a placement. I keep leaning towards no....but my heart wants to find a way it can work. I think the actual care for the child would be fine, it's the therapy visits, visitation and CPS/Agency visits that just add so much to our lives.

I agree the taking care of kids is the easy part. The working of the case can be grueling. Thankfully this new baby won't be having visits anytime soon. And BabY Hope is going from 15 hours of visitition a week to 6 hours and possibly suspended.

WynneBabies · 05-11-2012, 12:42 PM

Dalynn, wow. Baby #19? When did #17 and #18 happen? It really seems to go in spurts with my county. Been empty almost three weeks now and no calls. Last time my second left and I got another call two days later. I feel like they may be wanting to place the exposure newborns with me now so I'm hoping they're not saving me for that as I wouldn't mind an older baby or toddler for a change!

newmommy13 · 05-11-2012, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by WynneBabies

Dalynn, wow. Baby #19? When did #17 and #18 happen? It really seems to go in spurts with my county. Been empty almost three weeks now and no calls. Last time my second left and I got another call two days later. I feel like they may be wanting to place the exposure newborns with me now so I'm hoping they're not saving me for that as I wouldn't mind an older baby or toddler for a change!

Im happy you have gotten a few placements! I know you were very excited and waited a while. Hope you get another one soon mama!

Dalynn! I saw your siggy too and i was like whaaaat? Holy babies batman! You are a better woman than i for sure! Sounds like things are going well for you with baby girl!

Findingmercy-good luck with fundraising! I hop things fall in to place for you...as much as can be expected.

Luvsviola-i cant believe you will be finalizing soon! Soooo exciting!

dalynn1997 · 05-12-2012, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by WynneBabies

Dalynn, wow. Baby #19? When did #17 and #18 happen? It really seems to go in spurts with my county. Been empty almost three weeks now and no calls. Last time my second left and I got another call two days later. I feel like they may be wanting to place the exposure newborns with me now so I'm hoping they're not saving me for that as I wouldn't mind an older baby or toddler for a change!

#17 and #18 were 24 hour placements.

One was a 11 mth old girl with and NG tube who went to Grandma after court next day. Hospital just needed to go ahead and release her.

The other was a 2.5 year old boy who was actually in foster care in another county but ended up in our county and they needed a bed overnight.

I live in the Indianapolis area and things are just crazy busy right now here. One day last week our county had 35 removals ... this is what they usually have a week. I almost never say no to 1-3 nighters that is why I can dream of fostering 50-100 kids in the next few years.

newmommy13 · 05-12-2012, 07:33 AM

yeah geez seems like you have a pretty good chance of doing that!

they are lucky to have such a great home it seems like you are pretty flexible with placements.

05-11-2012, 07:00 AM	#51
dalynn1997 Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 448 Ratings: 8 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: May we all be blessed with children this month - let's chat about it... Picked up a newborn baby boy on Monday. Court was yesterday and I didn't get a call that he was leaving so I guess he may stick awhile. His case is pretty serious, first one that I have had that makes me a little nervous. So right now I have a 6 week old girl and a 10 day old boy. Since I am taking a break from the medical complex cases, they are giving me newborns with exposure and I have even turned one down. Trying to figure out if I could juggle three if they call again since right now there are a lot of these type of removals for whatever reason. __________________ Christian Wife to DH married 15 years. Forever mommy to my adopted son #9 C (2.5 yrs) Currently fostering #16 "Hope" our legal risk baby girl (12 mths) and #20 "NB-Nutter Butter" newbie baby boy full sibling to my adopted son (10 mths). We have fostered 20 children so far, some with medical special needs.

05-11-2012, 07:50 AM	#52
luvbeingmomma Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 203	Re: May we all be blessed with children this month - let's chat about it... Two tiny newborns!? Sounds very sweet but lots of work Who am I kidding, I would take twin babies, if I was asked.

05-11-2012, 08:23 AM	#53
FindingMercy Registered Users Formerly: Evie'sMama Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 2,420 Ratings: 16 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: May we all be blessed with children this month - let's chat about it... I know opinions on here vary as far as adoption fundraising goes, but I had a mom who owns an online store offer to create a link with some of my favorite products on it and gift me all the proceeds she makes off of items bought through that link. So if you are in the market for something, or wouldn't mind passing along this info via Facebook or wherever, we would be grateful! http://www.mom4life.com/finding-mercy.html Make sure they put "Finding Mercy" in the comment section when they check out. __________________ Helpmeet to Scott and Mama to Evelyn (9.21.08) Annabelle (8.8.10) and Abraham (6.20.12) I blog about our family, trans-racial adoption, gluten-free cooking, and crafting

05-11-2012, 11:33 AM	#55
sillyutalktome Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: TX Posts: 3,605 Ratings: 37 Feedback: 97% My Mood:	Re: May we all be blessed with children this month - let's chat about it... Wow Daylynn I keep wondering if I can handle my newborn and a placement. I keep leaning towards no....but my heart wants to find a way it can work. I think the actual care for the child would be fine, it's the therapy visits, visitation and CPS/Agency visits that just add so much to our lives. Luvsviola - Congrats on court, I hope you get all the paperwork done as easily as possible and get granted all the financial support you can for that precious little one! Finding Mercy - Good luck on your fundraiser! __________________ SAHM to my Dd(6/08) , Ds (9/12) and foster mom. Always praying for our five former foster kids.

05-11-2012, 12:42 PM	#57
WynneBabies Registered Users Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: USA Posts: 6,294 Ratings: 219 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: May we all be blessed with children this month - let's chat about it... Dalynn, wow. Baby #19? When did #17 and #18 happen? It really seems to go in spurts with my county. Been empty almost three weeks now and no calls. Last time my second left and I got another call two days later. I feel like they may be wanting to place the exposure newborns with me now so I'm hoping they're not saving me for that as I wouldn't mind an older baby or toddler for a change! __________________ A SAHM to four long out of diapers (all used cloth for all or part of their diapering years) and a baby girl currently in cloth part time.