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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 59257" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I never dreamed my daughter Nichole was ready to be a parent when we discovered she was preg at 16. As everyone here can agree, I worried to death the whole pregnancy. Nor did it help that she wasn't able to take her medications while pregnant.</p><p></p><p>Much to the surprise of everyone, Nichole rose up to meet the challange and is a wonderful Mom to baby Aubrey. She did alot of growning up and maturing during the preg, and even more so after the birth.</p><p></p><p>If you are concerned your daughter doesn't have the mental capacity to care for this child, and I'm thinking dcfs agrees since they wanted to keep her in their care til she is 21..... I'd personally be pushing for them to do so.</p><p></p><p>My easy child's mother in law is a foster Mom. She fostered a 17 yr old girl who came with a 8 mo old baby. Girl was most definately a difficult child. Mental illness and developmental issues. State never planned for the girl to ever leave their care. The mental illness/developmental issues are too great for her to ever care for herself. But the hehawed around about it til she was 18. Would've kept doing so til foster Mom could prove she was a danger and neglectful to the baby. Dcfs finally seperated them and place the girl into a different foster home. easy child's mother in law adopted the baby who is now almost 5. The child's mother will never leave the states care.</p><p></p><p>Although your difficult child's issues may not be that severe, at least if they could keep her in custody for a while after the birth it could be determined how well she is capable of caring for the baby. (especially since they were considering it before this)</p><p></p><p>I think you responded to her well. Being supportive of her right now is about all you can really do.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the Grandma's Club.</p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 59257, member: 84"] I never dreamed my daughter Nichole was ready to be a parent when we discovered she was preg at 16. As everyone here can agree, I worried to death the whole pregnancy. Nor did it help that she wasn't able to take her medications while pregnant. Much to the surprise of everyone, Nichole rose up to meet the challange and is a wonderful Mom to baby Aubrey. She did alot of growning up and maturing during the preg, and even more so after the birth. If you are concerned your daughter doesn't have the mental capacity to care for this child, and I'm thinking dcfs agrees since they wanted to keep her in their care til she is 21..... I'd personally be pushing for them to do so. My easy child's mother in law is a foster Mom. She fostered a 17 yr old girl who came with a 8 mo old baby. Girl was most definately a difficult child. Mental illness and developmental issues. State never planned for the girl to ever leave their care. The mental illness/developmental issues are too great for her to ever care for herself. But the hehawed around about it til she was 18. Would've kept doing so til foster Mom could prove she was a danger and neglectful to the baby. Dcfs finally seperated them and place the girl into a different foster home. easy child's mother in law adopted the baby who is now almost 5. The child's mother will never leave the states care. Although your difficult child's issues may not be that severe, at least if they could keep her in custody for a while after the birth it could be determined how well she is capable of caring for the baby. (especially since they were considering it before this) I think you responded to her well. Being supportive of her right now is about all you can really do. Welcome to the Grandma's Club. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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