[Sleeplvr]

The 2 year old had major Heroin exposure and went through months of withdrawal. Fortunately for us, he went through it at another foster home. I don't think we could handle that level of exposure. He had occupational therapy for about a year when he first went into care. He is meeting all his milestones except in the area of speech. He does have a significant speech and expressive language delay. He understands everything you tell him and will do what he is asked. He's just unable to articulate very much. He's currently in speech therapy and is making good progress. He may not always be able to say the word for what he wants or needs but he will get his point across. He is a very happy little boy and is the life of the daycare. The little girl will be 3 months old next week. She tested positive for 4 different drugs at birth and went through about 2 weeks of withdrawal. She does have the high muscle tone that most drug exposed babies have. She will be having an early intervention evaluation and possibly start some physical or occupational therapy.
You normally don't find out the long term effects until they reach school age. But otherwise we have two very healthy children in our home.
I'm just hoping we will be able to at least keep the little girl. The father seems to be eager to get her but he doesn't have a caseplan because it was exposure at birth and he has not been recognized as the legal father. The mother's family has refused to take the baby. The father's family can't because when a child is illegitimate they are not recognized as family.