Its our last week together

[Flower3554]

Well this is it, one week today our little one meets his new mummy

I'm busy washing all his cuddly toys cos some of them are so grungyI'd be ashamed to send them with him

He's having a sleep at the moment and I'm imagining what it will be like when he goes, I know I'm going to miss him like crazy but it's long past the time he should have moved. I hope it all goes smoothly and he really "takes to her"

WOW Flower I have just read your updates couldnt read after he left

But yet again I am sitting here in floods of tears, I am so glad that his mum is keeping in contact you deserve that!

Mustve been bittersweet seeing him he other day, sounds so lovely. How are you now I hope you are feeling better?

Thanks for keeping us all updated I cannot believe that was 3 months ago!!! How time flies!

I missed this htread the first time, and have just sobbed my way through it.

What an amazing woman you are Flower x

Thanks again everyone

I can't express how grateful I am to his mum, she would've been up at the crack of dawn to travel for hours to spend the afternoon with us and then do the whole journey again to get home. It must have been gone 9pm by the time they got home.

She also brought clothes and toys that he's outgrown as well as a changing bag for him and then she had him and his buggy to cart on and off trains.

I'm amazed that she took this on single handed and I won't ever forget her selflessness.

I have to confess that I thought he'd run to us ah how quickly they forget

Aw Watch I know exactly how she will be feeling

I've said many times its a great job but carries an enormous price, ie all the lo's eventually leave and as a foster carer you are expected to help in this process.

I don't know if this will help your friend or not but when our last little one came to see us a couple of weeks ago I got the feeling that initially at least, he didn't know us. Towards the end of his visit he became much more relaxed but still looked to his mum for approval etc.

Wish her well from me and good luck to you too xxx

So glad someone pointed back to this thread - I think of it often and more so as friends are at the other end of a very similar process - final stages before introduction meetings with a LO who will be ~15mths. I am glad your LO (and you) are doing well Flower. Friend said from the photos they have seen that their prospective LO is clearly adored by the foster parents.

Thank you stealth

It was the lo's 2nd birthday yesterday and tomorrow it will be 2 years to the day that I went to collect him from hospital Where did the time go?

Our current lo's case goes to panel in March so we'll be starting the whole procedure again soon I expect

Hi Flower, just been reading through the thread as I haven't been on for a while. I'm delighted that you got to see the little one again.
It's Lazarou by the way.

Thanks Chief, his mum is true to her word and keeps in touch by phone and email every couple of weeks, I'm so grateful to her for that.

Our present little ones case goes to panel in March so get the hankies ready

Oh Flower, you've had her a long time as well now haven't you?
I'll keep the hankies on standby, keep us posted.