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Hello! I'm new here! My husband and I just decided to pursue fostering again. We went through have of the classes to become foster parents over a year ago, but decided to move out of state so we stopped. We have been at our new house for 7 months, and we have had a couple of our new neighbors mention it to us in passing, and I asked my husband about it a couple days ago and he agreed. Probably sometime this week or next I will be contacting someone down here to see what we will need to do. I'm really excited! :banana:
I don't think we'll have a problem with most everything, but I do have a few concerns. For one, we live on 5 acres and we have chickens. I don't know if that will be a problem or not. They free range, so they have full access to every part of our property.
We also have a few stray cats that hang out around our house. They are technically ours, they belong to the people next door, but they stay here a lot. Do we still have to get them vaccinated?? My husband won't be very pleased with having to spend money to vaccinate animals that aren't ours. Also, we have 3 indoor only cats. They are not up to date with their vaccinations b/c they NEVER go outside. What vaccinations do I HAVE to get them? Can I get away with just getting the required rabies shots?
Does anyone know if it is okay to use cloth diapers on foster babies? We plan to take in infants, with a same gender sibling up to age 3 if necessary. Same gender b/c we have one extra room, our 12 year old son is in the other one, but we have a full size bed and will set up a crib in the room, so they could stay in there together. I know after a certain age different gender children cannot sleep in the same room, which is why I say that. :)
I am a SAHM, and I worked in childcare with infants for 16 years before we moved. I can't wait to have a baby in our house! :) My husband grew up in the system in relative care, so he wants to give back. Hopefully we can start the classes soon!