http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:24:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Foster Parents may have children in their home from several families. While blended families, where Mom and Dad bring their own children to a marriage and may have children of their own, often have difficult times at least the children have a biological parent as part of their life. Foster ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/03/06/blended-foster-families/  The 4 ½ year old little girl I have in my home is a ADHD child among other issues. She does not take any medication at this time due to her age and all the other issues she is having to learn to deal with. Issues such as learning to ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/03/05/foster-children-with-adhd-must-have-a-consistent-routine/   My son's name is Jonathan A.J. He chose this name for himself. His name used to be Jonathan Alexander Jay, so his new name is much easier to spell. When Jonathan first came to live with us we were concerned with his speech and his auditory processing. He was 4 ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/03/04/my-new-5-year-old-son/   In the last 45 days I have gone from fostering a almost six year old boy to being his adoptive mother. This process moved faster than I expected. There are foster families in the county that I am from that should have completed the adoption process for the children in ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/03/03/finding-an-attorney-to-handle-your-foster-child-adoption/ After  fostering a little boy for nearly 18 months my husband and I have signed adoption papers; he is now a permanent part of our family. Adoptive was the biggest reason my husband and I became foster parents, but over the last 4 1/2 years of fostering  my philosophy about fostering ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/03/02/adopting-a-foster-child/ Children enter state custody and foster care for various reasons. Some parents just need a little help to get back on their feet and find proper housing for their families. Sometimes the parents do have  issues they must deal with, drugs, alcohol, jail time, and once these issues are dealt with parents ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/03/01/parents-of-children-in-foster-care-need-our-support/ My 5 year old unfortunately has a 7 year old sister in foster care in another state. She did not enter care until October of last year.  This child has not talked to his sister since October. The foster mom she was living with and I were working on these ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/01/30/my-5-year-olds-sister/ Today was day thirty, the last day parents had to file an appeal in the courts again the termination of rights the juvenile court judge granted DFCS. I have not heard from DFCS  about an appeal so I am hoping that this is a good sign. Monday is the day ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/01/29/day-30/ The medicine of choice for the five year old with ADHD is Concerta. We had started with Adderall but this medicine caused the child to be moody and depressed so we tried the Concerta and it has been a hugh success. The one down side to this medicine is the child does ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/01/29/adhd-medicine-and-melatonin/ My four year  old is a little girl. She has confirmed learning disabilities in the areas of speech and communication. She test at about a 2 1/2 year old in most communication areas. She currently attends special classes to assist with this problem. At home we work on things like ... http://lifewithfosterchildren.today.com/2009/01/19/a-four-year-that-does-not-have-a-clue/