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My daughter has 5 foster children. (Through the state, not through LDSFS) Two of them she has had since they were a couple of weeks old. She gets her babies from a "baby detox" center. The first time she held the first of the two, the spirit told her that this little girl would be a permanent part of their family. She is now 20 months old, and her bio parents have just relinquished their rights, and now the adoption paperwork begins. My daughter has been told that it would be 4-8 months before finalization of the adoption. We expect it to be longer. We were also told by the social worker that parental rights would be terminated months ago. Things take time. Courts take time. GO BY WHAT THE SPIRIT TELLS YOU. And don't be afraid to take "drug" babies. A good pediatric detox center will pretty much have taken the baby through withdrawal before releasing it. Give the angel a priesthood blessing, then love it, love it, love it. My little granddaughter is smart, bright, talking, singing, dancing, and pretty much ruling the roost.
The second baby she got (the two babies are only 9 months apart in age), she has not has the same "feeling" about. Although she is now over a year old, and is loved just as much as any of the children, reunification will bio parents, should it happen, will not be as painful, because they have felt that it will happen one day. While the children are in your home, make sure that you sing LDS songs (I am a child of god, etc.), so that after they leave your influence, it will be in their memory. One day down the road, when they are far from you, something will feel comfortable and familiar to them, that your initial efforts will be rewarded in their lives.
I'm so proud of you for wanting to do this!
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