So mom's great-aunt e-mailed for her. I sent back all that I had sent the caseworker and great-aunt responded that the mom would be thrilled. She will see the mom this morning. This morning I offered that if mom had some receiving blankets she could sleep with, I could wrap the baby in them so that the scent of her mother is always familiar to her. It would make things easier for the baby when she goes home.

I'm also tending to Graham. It seems like I've neglected HIM. He certainly requires quite a bit of attention and I seemed to have forgotten that attachment parenting is putting MY things aside to tend to his needs when HE needs me--not when my stuff is done or it's convenient for me. And I haven't been doing that. I feel horrible about it because I can see it manifesting in his behavior... just like our neglected dogs.

I think maybe it's a good thing we don't have a bigger vehicle and we can't take in the number of kids we're licensed for. I think we'd be spread too thin. We'll just stick to this for now. And we'll stick to kids younger than Graham so that we know he's always safe.