Fast forward to today, where we received our first foster placement. We'll call him K. He's 5 years old, going on 25. K has unmedicated ADHD and was exposed to drugs in utero, but seems otherwise well developed. He's a super picky eater, a Chatty Cathy, and looooves animals and planting. We talk a lot about "growing seeds" that we can give to bio mom when we see her.
Its new, and we have no idea how long K will be with us, but he's teaching us already. We count sleeps until visitation day, and work together to understand the process we're facing and how to help bio mom get ready to parent again. Hopefully, that won't be long away. K misses his mom so much, and I'm sure she misses him too.