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<blockquote data-quote="stressedmama" data-source="post: 638332" data-attributes="member: 18412"><p>I agree with previous posts...not bathing the baby, taking the baby out while drugging - totally unsafe and absolutely worthy of a CPS call. My difficult child was doing it for a long time but we didn't know (for sure). She and our 3 year old grandson were living with us. She drove him home completely wrecked one night. That was the night my husband and I had our own little intervention with her. At first it was all denial, then it spun out of control and turned very violent. She was kicked out of the house and we got emergency Guardianship of our GS. She is now in a half-way house. Been clean about 1 1/2 months. She seems committed to her recovery.</p><p> </p><p>I certainly had not planned on raising another child (my youngest graduates HS this year) but here we are. It's hard as he doesn't understand why mommy isn't around and his dad lives far away so we only facetime with him. Last night the poor boy told me he doesn't have a mommy and daddy. My heart dropped to my toes. </p><p> </p><p>Taking on the responsibility of your grandchild can be very stressful (and certainly exhausting). I know it sounds weird, but we were "fortunate" enough that both his parents were not able to attend the emergency hearing as one was too far away (and at the time we had no idea he had even been any part of our GS's life) and mom was in detox. It was a very easy decision for the judge.</p><p> </p><p>Perhaps if the boyfriend is arrested for the theft and your difficult child's intervention works...</p><p> </p><p>We have no idea how long we'll have our GS as we don't have a crystall ball to see into the future, but all we can do is make sure he's happy, healthy and safe.</p><p> </p><p>Take care of yourself and your other child. You can't control what your adult difficult child does other than to make boundaries and stick to them, even when it hurts.</p><p> </p><p>I wish you all best and hope there's a bright light at the end of the tunnel for all of you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stressedmama, post: 638332, member: 18412"] I agree with previous posts...not bathing the baby, taking the baby out while drugging - totally unsafe and absolutely worthy of a CPS call. My difficult child was doing it for a long time but we didn't know (for sure). She and our 3 year old grandson were living with us. She drove him home completely wrecked one night. That was the night my husband and I had our own little intervention with her. At first it was all denial, then it spun out of control and turned very violent. She was kicked out of the house and we got emergency Guardianship of our GS. She is now in a half-way house. Been clean about 1 1/2 months. She seems committed to her recovery. I certainly had not planned on raising another child (my youngest graduates HS this year) but here we are. It's hard as he doesn't understand why mommy isn't around and his dad lives far away so we only facetime with him. Last night the poor boy told me he doesn't have a mommy and daddy. My heart dropped to my toes. Taking on the responsibility of your grandchild can be very stressful (and certainly exhausting). I know it sounds weird, but we were "fortunate" enough that both his parents were not able to attend the emergency hearing as one was too far away (and at the time we had no idea he had even been any part of our GS's life) and mom was in detox. It was a very easy decision for the judge. Perhaps if the boyfriend is arrested for the theft and your difficult child's intervention works... We have no idea how long we'll have our GS as we don't have a crystall ball to see into the future, but all we can do is make sure he's happy, healthy and safe. Take care of yourself and your other child. You can't control what your adult difficult child does other than to make boundaries and stick to them, even when it hurts. I wish you all best and hope there's a bright light at the end of the tunnel for all of you. [/QUOTE]
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