Another Boy

Yep, we're adding another boy to the family. He'll get here next Tuesday afternoon.

At least it's a baby this time :) He's 10 months old... and moving foster homes due to a relocation out of state.

We are so excited to love on this boy. Yep, I wish he was a girl so I could dress him in pink, but I'll take a baby. And let's face it... I am set on boy clothes for a long time!

Update on Homeboy -- he had an evaluation for development and was tagged as severely delayed in speech and cognitive learning. They want to have someone come over 3 times a week for a few hours each time to work with him. This does not even count what the other early intervention people will throw our way from a seperate agency. Honestly, ladies... I don't know if I can handle all of that. I am already knock down, drag out BUSY... and I just can't be available that much when you factor in that I DO work part time, have other kiddos with different cases and so forth. I hate to disrupt but I feel that it may end up going that way if this is the level of care he needs. I wouldn't want him shorted any of this therapy because I know that he NEEDS it.

These poor little kiddos!

Homeboy Update

I decided to call his case manager today around 3pm since I hadn't heard from anyone at CPS since last Tuesday. The little guy hasn't seen his family and there was no word on if a kinship placement was in fact going to happen. Let me also mention that this case manager is AMAZING and is actually the same one that placed Tank with us. He was very happy to hear that Homeboy was with us and knew he was in a good home. He called him "lucky"...  makes me feel good when CPS thinks you are a good home... cause lets face it folks not all foster homes out there are.

Court is tomorrow. I am not attending since it is just the basic stuff of them filing in the paperwork and saying that Homeboy is in custody. They are hoping that he will have a visit tomorrow with his mom. They aren't sure if she'll show... but since they are transporting I will let that be there problem not mine :)

They are working on a kinship placement. I don't think that they have been approved yet. I really hope that it happens. I know that family will be best for him. His siblings are already in this family member's care so it makes sense that it will work out. I just hope they will follow through on the early intervention stuff and get him the help that he needs. He is cognitively delayed and is capable of learning, in my opinion, if someone will just work with him one on one. Let's hope he just doesn't get lost in the shuffle.

The poor guy has also been sick all day today! He has some sort of stomach bug. He threw up last night in his crib and then again this morning multiple times. And then again at 5 pm when I finally tried some food and water... he tossed both up within minutes. I feel so bad for him. He just layed around most of the day looking miserable. If he can't hold down some crackers or water in the morning I will call the pediatrician.

In other news (or not news): We are still waiting for another placement call... we have asked that we only receive calls for a child 12 months and younger. I am praying that it will be a newborn or younger than 6 months. Either way I will be happy.

Survived

Well we survived the weekend.

Saturday included a trip to Urgent Care as recommended by the CPS investigator.

Homeboy (my hubby came up with that one...) is not too healthy. A lot of his problems have to do with an unclean living environment. So we are currently treating his ENTIRE body for ringworm. Oh joy! And he also had lice. He got a haircut -- medically necessary -- and we doused him yesterday and today with all the lice stuff the dr. gave us... not to mention the shampoo and stuff I bought at Target. And just to be on the safe side we are treating everyone in the family. With all this contagious buggy stuff floating around my skin is crawling! I am a total wimp!

So me and my medical administration sheets and locked closet are becoming acquainted again. I really hate keeping track of all this stuff! I don't have near the amount of "rules" that other foster moms out there have -- but sometimes I just can't help but think some stuff isn't normal for the kiddos or me the foster mama!

He did take two naps today and played well with my boys. (Yes, I am worried about them getting the ring worm too. I recommend buying stock in Lysol's parent company... cause we now own a BUNCH of the product!) He doesn't seemed to be missing his family much. Which is worrisome folks.

I already have a long list of concerns to share with his case manager, developmental specialist, pediatrician and whoever else will listen.

Oh, and I think his hearing is not up to par. Like really -- I am worried. Poor little guy.

Every child deserves love. I can't imagine how things escalate to the point where children are neglected to an extreme like this. So, so sad.