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46. Letting a FP know they are not alone adoption foster foster care kids Jul 26, 2018

Mama S here. As a Foster Parent Champion I am often reaching out and chatting with people who are interested in becoming foster parents as well as cat...

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44. Sleep Training a Pre-Teen adoption foster foster care kids Jul 26, 2018

Mama S here. Have you sleep trained a toddler? Perhaps you are going through that right now. If so, you know all the stall tactics that kiddos bring w...

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45. Shifting your perspective adoption foster foster care kids Jul 12, 2018

Mama S here. Yesterday was a day like any other. I was at work and had a bunch of meetings where I can walk attorneys through a piece of software they...

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43. Saying Yes adoption foster foster care kids Jun 27, 2018

Mama S here. The third post in this series about how we respond to P. Saying YES as often as we can. I was chatting with a friend the other day and we...

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41. Boundaries adoption foster foster care kids Jun 24, 2018

Mama S here. I figure it is best to start with the biggest topic that people have opinions on with Mama A’s and my parenting. Boundaries. People look ...

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40. Learning how to shower as a pre-teen adoption foster foster care kids Jun 18, 2018

Mama S here. I’ve written this post so many different ways. In my head and on paper and it just don’t seem to come out right. I will try my best and p...

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39. Are we an adoptive resource? adoption foster foster care kids Jun 13, 2018

Mama S here. Recently we were officially asked if we are an adoptive resource. This wasn’t shocking to us or even a surprise at all. The circumstances...

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38. Keeping Friends is Hard to Do adoption foster foster care kids May 29, 2018

Mama S here. Today I’m going to chat about the struggle of keeping friends. Our little lady is a champ at making friends. Honestly, she can make frien...

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37. Foster Parent Champions adoption foster foster care kids Apr 27, 2018

Mama S here. Mama A and I are foster parent champions. Some may know the term, others possibly not. What that means is, we are always talking to peopl...

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36. Reserving Judgment adoption foster foster care kids Apr 13, 2018

Mama S here. Recently I had the most beautifully hard conversation with our little’s biological parent. We were talking about all the hard things that...

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34. Our First Court Date adoption foster foster care kids Mar 15, 2018

Mama S here- I can’t believe it. Time is flying and I can’t seem to catch up. I’ve been meaning to write a few posts over the past few weeks but I hav...

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35. IEP adoption foster foster care kids Mar 15, 2018

Mama S here. So, the day after court we had a meeting at P’s school. An IEP meeting. One of the most daunting meetings I have ever had. There are so m...

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