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We are one of two families short-listed. Wish us luck, and then tell me to get off my arse and tidy the flat so it doesn't look like a baby accident waiting to happen and a slum.
We already have a DS cikecaka, hence the extreme hazard (in social worker eyes) for a younger child of toys at floor level.
She's just coming up to 10 months Colditz.
TBH I think it's a bit of a long-shot. She isn't in our local authority and I suspect that they other family is the family that they really want and we are there to prove that they have searched for the best family possible. That happened to us quite a bit when we were waiting for DS.
its like being pregnant and being told by Doctor "congrtulations you're pregnant (approved) now you may be pregnant for 9 months or two years and we may tell you now that you're going to be pregnant for 9 months but the month before you're due to give birth we'll change our mind"
Ohh, good luck, when my mum and dad had the house pre inspection before adopting me my dad had been making home brew in the "nursery". I can just imagine my mum's face now!
LOL at Kewcumber's adoption version of pregnancy. It's so true. And with shortlisting it's like a pregnancy test that hasn't been labelled, so you know that either you or the other family are pregnant but you won't find out until later. And then it might turn out that neither family is, but some other family that you didn't even know was in the running is instead.
We won't hear for ages Effie. The standard procedure now is for everyone to go on holiday in sequence, I already know that the child's social worker will be off on maternity leave soon so the case will have to be handed over to another social worker before anything happens. That SW will no doubt go on holiday, followed by the family finding SW, followed most likely by our SW being ill. I already know that DH has booked a flight to take DS to the in-laws in Malaysia for 10 days in early December and then if they haven't made a decision by mid-December they won't until mid-January because of Christmas. So, you know, don't hold your breath.
Everyone uncross or you'll get cramp. As I predicted everyone involved is taking it in turns to go on holiday (starting with us admittedly) so the child's social worker and family finder won't be able to visit us until mid-November. They're not sure that they will be able to make the decision about which family to go for in time for the last panel before Christmas, so if we do get her we won't know until late November and we wouldn't get her until mid to late January.
Still, it gives me plenty of time to sort out the flat. Once I'm over this tummy bug I will definitely get started on that.
at floor level. 
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