I want to say, "Thank you!" I truly appreciate all of your comments. Your encouragement and support as we provide foster care is so helpful. These first couple of days have been stressful and I definitely have times when I wonder why we agreed to this in the first place. God has been encouraging us through you and verses I've been coming across.
My Mom was here helping the past two days, she was a huge help! Cardale was making progress and not crying everytime we put him down. However, he came down with a cold last night and was up every two hours and very cranky today.
I had a new experience today. I went to the county WIC office to get Cardale signed up for his benefits. Being a social worker, I always had clients who used WIC, but I had no personal experience with it. It is nice because Cardale's formula and baby cereal is covered by WIC. It is hard being a foster parent because you don't know much information about the child's medical background. So I answer alot of questions with, "I don't know."
We're thinking about hiring a junior high girl to help me out a couple times a week for a couple of hours. Hopefully that works out.
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It sounds like you've had successful days so far as you adjust to having three kids at home! We'll be praying for you.
Side note - in your last post you were asking about formula intake. My girls (almost 5 months) take between 4-6 ounces 5-6 times a day, but we also haven't started cereal yet. Heidi is a major spitter too. Our doctor said unless she's not gaining weight they don't do anything about it. We just have lots of burp cloths and bibs!
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