Baby continues to have problems with feeding, burping and gas. She is still having fits of inconsolable crying related to lasting 4-5 days each week. Allergenic formula constipates her badly (treated with pear/prune juice per Dr. orders). We receive a list of goals from a Medicaid HMO caseworker, but have already addressed all of them.

Mother e-mails from the psych hospital once and says she is pending move to rehab (which never happens). Mother is accepted to a mother-child rehab program and CPS refuses to give approval. Mother has acceptance to an inpatient program that doesn’t include Cookie but wants to attend a mother-child program and will not give in despite CPS’ refusal.

Mother leaves psych hospital approx. 10/18 and is living with her mother (Cookie’s maternal grandmother) in another county approx. 1 hour away). The mother’s maternal aunt states that the mother and grandmother drive daily to our county for mother’s methadone treatment.

Mother continues to look for an inpatient program that accepts patients on methadone maintenance. She attends an outpatient program. Visits resume. Mother starts attempting to get our name and location through a novice transport worker (in our state, CPS does all visitation transports and foster parents are COMPLETELY anonymous unless placement is with relative/friend).

Baby had finished the height of the withdrawal but appears to have withdrawal backlash episodes soon after the visits with her mother. Father is still absent and without contact with CPS. Early in the month there is suspicion that he is in the state. Mother's e-mails state that "he'll be back".