Just hang in there! Things will get better. Definitely get help for a little while until routine is established. Your sleep is so important. Our first placement was 3 under 3 yrs old. I feel if we would have had more support, we would still have the other 2 with us.
You can do it! As they learn they can trust in you, things like bath time will get much better soon. PS. Little boys are the best
You'll enjoy them both in no time.
Just read your last post- Do they offer Respite where you're at? They do here but dragged their feet so long, that we couldn't keep all the cousins. Even if you just requested a little respite during the 1st month.
The other big thing I learned, is w/my girls. The "being scared and 2 hour fits over wanting mother, etc" Turned out to be wanting to be coddled. Each child is different, but w/this one, she is very manipulative. It was her survival skill. So, I found that I should take each issue w/ a grain of salt. They may have been traumatized, but they also may be testing and finding the limits like any other child. Follow your discernment. Thinking of you
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Bio baby girl is here!
Bio son: 8 yrs old
Bio son: 4.5 yrs old
FD: place here 7/30/09 Our 1st teen
FD: ze Master Manipulator 3yrs old
moved to adoptive placement! woohoo
FS "Ze rager" 12mo. moved to new foster home where he's the only child under 16 2/09
FDs "Squeeker and Elfie" to Ffam and now AFP 6/08
