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So I got a call. Sib set of 6. I only have room for 2. My age range was such that I could only take a boy and a girl, but because they are opposite gender, they couldn't share a room. I only have one room with two twin beds in it.
All the bedrooms are licensed, so I could have moved my own bed into my sewing room...
In the end they found a place where they could all stay together, so that's good.
But my mind started going with all the different scenarios of how we could make this happen.
It's hours later and I'm still thinking about putting in two sets of bunk beds...and...and...and
<sigh>
Can someone please tell me it's ok to not be able to help them all? I just need to hear it before I tie myself into knots trying to make room for kids I don't have room for.
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You really cannot help them all, and the worst thing you can do is find yourself dealing with too much at one time. These kids could stay for years in some areas, so you would need to be prepared for many kids with varying behaviors and such for a long time. One or two is great. The next call could be perfect for you!
Yeah, we were doing respite for a 10 month old recently. He was part of a sibling group moved out of their foster home. So ideally, they needed a home for all five children. Also, it wasn't believed that RU with parents or kin was likely; so ideally, the children would be in their forever home. Could we adopt five more children? On top of Squishy? and our five? how crazy is that? But I had all sorts of figuring going on in my head!