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In an ideal world, transitioning any child home would be a gradual process, with more and more time spent with their parent until they are more comfortable before making that final move. Unfortunately it doesn't always happen that way. It really depends on the case worker, the mother, the circumstances, the courts, the childs GAL/CASA etc as to when and how fast it'll happen. There's really no way to have insight into what'll happen with your particular kiddo because every case is so completely different.
What I will say is our first placements, infant twins, also born with cocaine in their system from a mom who also had 5 previous terminations did NOT end up being RUed despite mom's superb working of her case plan. She did great, went to treatment, stayed clean for the most part and got a place and a job but in the end it wasn't enough to trump her past and her rights were terminated (they went to an aunt that inquired about them VERY late in the game after they were here 5 months - she came from out of state, hung out with them a few hours for a couple of days and then they were all gone - it was the most difficult thing I've ever had to do). As to whether it's possible the mom of your little one will follow the same path and end up with her rights terminated no matter what she does or get her over night visits and be reunified with her child by January it's anybody's guess. Doesn't seem plausable to me at all if she's not even begun to address her drug problem and hasn't had a single test but crazier things have happened. My best guess would be though, I seriously doubt it'll go that way.
Does mom even have a case plan? It doesn't sound like she does. I'm assuming if she did that she'd be having drug tests and treatment would be required. I have no clue why visits are being allowed to happen without both or why mom is thinking the way she is about what's going to happen these next couple of months. If I were you I'd flat out ask the child's worker why she'd assume such things, ask if there's anything you need to know about what's going on at all.
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