As you can imagine, doing foster care is definitely not easy. And many wonder how does foster care work? After talking with many foster parents over the past couple years, I’ve put together a compilation of “things you wish you knew before fostering”. Because the counties and agencies rarely give you the down low on …
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My husband and I have been licensed foster parents for about 1 1/2 years now. To say it’s been a roller coaster is an understatement. You can read about our Intense Weekend & 7 Ways You Can Help Foster Families from last year. I also shared about our Emotional Roller Coaster Weekend with three girls …
When we got into foster care, we knew it wasn’t going to be easy. Yet, I honestly didn’t realize just how hard, exhausting, and trying it was going to be. Of course, there are so many amazing moments that truly make us understand the importance of caring for these kids too. Just this past weekend, …
My husband and I started talking about foster care and adoption before we even married. Always on our radar, we finally felt that tug telling us it was time last Fall. Our first placement, a sibling group of three, was only 2 weeks. Then we had a baby for three joyous months. He was originally …
Unfortunately, we personally are at the end of our foster care journey, for several reasons which I may share at some point. I wanted to share some of the interesting, fun, and funny things foster parents deal with. Because you know you’re a foster parent when some of these scenarios apply to you! So, without …
This ‘Self Care During Isolation + Fun Toys And Activities For Kids’ was first seen at Thrifty Nifty Mommy. While sponsored, as always all opinions are my own. We are knee deep in lock-down status and kids everywhere are getting antsy. Well, if we’re going to be completely honest here, many adults are too. We …
Curious about foster care? You’re not alone. If you’ve been following any of my foster care posts, you’ll have already learned a little background as to why we choose to be foster parents. I’ve also shared answers to frequently asked questions that foster parents here. There’s even some great ways you can help without being …
I partnered with Joovy and received the Joovy Room to facilitate this post about frequently asked questions that foster parents hear. All opinions are my own. Have you been thinking about becoming a foster parent? If you’ve been wondering what it is like to be a foster parent, this post is for you! My husband …
I received a Joovy baby doll set to facilitate this post. All opinions are my own. You may have caught a couple of my other posts but just in case not, our family does foster care. We’ve been licensed since August of 2016. I have to say, we did go into this with the hopes …
This ‘Sleeping Baby Zipadee Zip Review + Discount Code’ is sponsored by Sleeping Baby. As always, all opinions are my own. While I don’t consider myself a parent expert, after having done daycare for 5 years, been a foster family (for 20+ kids), and now we’re parents to six bio children; I’m definitely no novice …