My Family Moments: Got Sleep?

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Got Sleep?

(written Monday night)

3am and I have been lying in bed for over an hour. Yes, I took a late nap but I take them when I can get them. I haven’t been able to sleep well or nap well since we dropped him off. I’m out of my sleeping pills but I keep forgetting to call it in for more. Easy fix on any other day. I have the Nyquil handy but that just seems a little bit desperate and shady. I decided to come downstairs, pop open a bottle of wine and start typing. I’ve put it off or way too long. Oh ya and I’ll munch on some Monster Mix from Target and watch ‘Breaking Down the Bars’.

I get to pick up “Little Man” Thursday morning. I’m a nervous wreck. It will be 4 weeks to the day that I last hugged and kissed my sweet foster son. Longest 4 weeks of my life. I can honestly say it has felt like 6 months. Biggest fear is him not wanting to come with me. Or crying for Mommy (BioMom) after we leave his home. I have lots of supporters telling me I’m crazy for thinking that. And when I stop to really think about that I had him for a little under 2 years I tell myself there is no way he won’t want to see me or come with me. I guess I will find out in 3 days.

Not sure where to back up to, to catch up on this story. Going to figure it out and bring ya along. You won’t believe the ups and downs we have been through. But you will sure want to read about it. We still shake our heads at all we have learned and witnessed through loving “Little Man”.

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"Foster Family" Terminology

SW: Social Worker = This is a professionally trained (at times I feel from a YouTube video) individual who works for any County or private organization. My foster baby will have a SW and I will have a SW who is also known as a CCW. (see below)

CCW: Clinical Case Worker = This is a professionally trained individual, also known as a Social Worker who works for Angel’s Foster Family Network. They are assigned to a maximum of 12 families at one time and lead them through the fostering system. They are our right hand gal. (no males as of yet) This person does all the legal pushing and pulling on our behalf so we can focus solely on loving and caring for our foster babies. I would not and will not ever do my job as a foster mom without these people.

Supervised Visit = The bioparent has rights to see their child no matter the circumstances. Most often the visits begin as 1 to 2 hours, 1 to 2 times a week. An adult that is approved must watch the parent with the child at all times. (sometimes a lot of work and sometimes boring as heck)

Unsupervised Visit = The bioparent has rights to see their child no matter the circumstances before. If they are improving their situation then they will eventually get the right to have visits without supervision. The foster parent must drop off the child at an approved location and pick them up later. Most often the visit is for 2-6 hours 1 to 2 times a week. And these will only increase in length as the situation improves. (super hard for the foster parent to move to this step)

Foster Baby/Child = A child that has been removed from their biological family due to many different reasons affecting the welfare of the child. They are then placed in protective custody under the County and State.