I saw this thread awhile back and just popped in to see how things were going. Back when you first posted I thought...wow I could be in her shoes. We had just been informed of a situation that may come our way.
Well...as you can see by my signature it happened! I can fully understand being overwhelmed. Sometimes I think if I ever see another load of laundry I just may run away!! Two of our adopted children are high needs. They have FASD and 2 of the foster kids are RAD. The four of them keep us on our toes. The other two older ones, my biological children, are heading into their teenage years and boy that's fun...(this is suppose to be highly sarcastic
) The other two are only 11m and 2yrs so we will see what time will bring us.
3 days after our foster children were placed with us my husband had to travel for his job. He has been gone now for three weeks. He did come home for 2 days but as far as the normal everyday stuff it falls on me. I am still doing home childcare because I am only going to quit if these "new" three stay as a foster/adopt placement. Right now they are reunification. So during the week we add 6 more little ones under 5 during the 7am-5pm shift.
We were not planning on fostering but these children are the cousins to our adopted children. We had to say yes. I wouldn't ever said no but there are days I just may go crazy
I don't think that I have to go into it because I am certain you understand the everyday chaos of raising an instantly large family.
I just wanted you to know that you are not the only one. We can be strong and lean on the friendly folks here for support. These children NEED us more then anyone else ever will. A few crazy moments now will lead up to a bunch of "remember when" stories when we are older. I keep telling myself that I am going to miss this someday.
Please give us an update on how your doing....