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<blockquote data-quote="ksm" data-source="post: 766457" data-attributes="member: 12511">It's so good you are going to see a therapist.&nbsp; We adopted our granddaughters at age 5 and 7.&nbsp; They went in to foster care at 3 and 5, then moved in with us a year later.&nbsp; Foster care will almost always start with unification...unless the parents voluntarily request to terminate their rights.&nbsp; This means the bio dad may want to step up. It seems like it is never a quick process.Do you have legal custody or have adopted?&nbsp; Hopefully a wonderful adoptive family may step up and will &quot;foster to adopt&quot; the newborn.&nbsp; Since this child will be a sibling to your grandchild, the foster system may want to keep visitation between them as an option.&nbsp; And adoptive families are sometimes open to some type of contact with family members.Please keep us updated and realize you don't have to have all the answers. It may be a year or two before final decisions are made after the baby is born.&nbsp; We are raising our 4yo great grandson.&nbsp; And we are 69 and 80 and we have no legal custody. He's been with us for 3 years. His dad is in jail and his mom (the grand we adopted) is in a sober living facility.&nbsp; I know we may not live long enough to get him to adulthood...Hugs.&nbsp; Ksm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ksm, post: 766457, member: 12511"] It's so good you are going to see a therapist. We adopted our granddaughters at age 5 and 7. They went in to foster care at 3 and 5, then moved in with us a year later. Foster care will almost always start with unification...unless the parents voluntarily request to terminate their rights. This means the bio dad may want to step up. It seems like it is never a quick process. Do you have legal custody or have adopted? Hopefully a wonderful adoptive family may step up and will "foster to adopt" the newborn. Since this child will be a sibling to your grandchild, the foster system may want to keep visitation between them as an option. And adoptive families are sometimes open to some type of contact with family members. Please keep us updated and realize you don't have to have all the answers. It may be a year or two before final decisions are made after the baby is born. We are raising our 4yo great grandson. And we are 69 and 80 and we have no legal custody. He's been with us for 3 years. His dad is in jail and his mom (the grand we adopted) is in a sober living facility. I know we may not live long enough to get him to adulthood... Hugs. Ksm [/QUOTE]

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