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Hi,
I had a foster child in my care a year ago this past February. We had just finished classes and I was called. My goal with foster care is to adopt. He was 3 weeks old when we got him and talk about feeling overwhelmed. I had never taken care of a newborn before, but learned very quick. Waking up every three hours to feed him and take care of him. I took him for supervised visits with the mother and realized this was a situation that did not look permanent for me. After the second week I broke down and decided I couldn't do it anymore knowing that I wasn't keeping him. So I called the SW and she said the birthfather was going to take him which he did. It was difficult to give him back, but afterwards I knew I did the right thing. I can't imagine though how overwhelmed you must be with two foster children and two other young babies. If you feel too overwhelmed and I would talk to the SW and be honest and see what they say. Good luck
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