CPS confirms that they will not transition the baby home. On 3/9 I contact the baby’s GAL office regarding this matter and the lawyer contacts me stating that she “could not agree with me more”—requesting permission to use my e-mail in communicating with CPS’ attorney. (Subsequent to this, the baby does undergo transitioning).

Maternal aunt advises that the mother has lost both of her jobs (she was working at 2 diners). I relay to CPS and they confirm this—but were surprised to hear it from me as opposed to the mother.

Service provider worker supervising the visits notes that unsupervised visits will not happen until after 5/7 but caseworker tells me that after a 3/17 meeting they will begin in the next week or two for undefined periods of time. The caseworker tells me that the mother will have unsupervised visits for whatever periods of time I would have wanted Cookie to be in daycare (which at this point she is not). CPS also reverses their opinion that the maternal grandmother cannot be a “safe person” for the baby and supports a waiver to allow the grandmother and mother to live together without jeopardizing reunification. Caseworker states that they would prefer the grandmother live with the mother and child in case the mother relapses—they felt the grandmother would notify CPS.

Mother and grandmother move to a place in-county with all household items and furnishings supplied by a local organization and apparently the current service organization supervising visits will note what is missing for Cookie, and mother assumes CPS will supply it. She later notes delivery of a crib, but doesn't mention shopping for it. Mother and grandmother sharing a vehicle since the accident.

Visits start in the mother's home.

Early Intervention agrees to increase therapy to 2 hours/week due to the lack of significant progression and the severity of the baby's hypertonia and some recent regressions. They consider adding a third hour because she is still cognitively delayed. She's 7 months and starts babbling; and eats like a champ.