Well, we seem to have successfully navigated questions about discipline, assessing impact, finding support, etc. Our second homestudy (of 3) is finished! :) We're pleased to be making connections with others in our class. We'll be done with classes in March, and should have our license in April or May. We're hoping to start with respite care initially, which means we'd basically take kids for other families for a couple days at a time while they go away for a weekend or something to that effect.
A few things adopting requires you to do that we might not have otherwise done:
1. Buy a locking cabinet for prescription meds (probably not a bad idea anyway)
2. Draw a floorplan of your home including where beds will be placed (We had fun with this one. It was like HGTV. Dave drew everything to scale.)
3. Detail your discipline strategies before you have really used them.
4. Disclose your family history and what you would do the same or different as your nuclear family. (Proved to be helpful.)
5. Get a statement of good physical and mental health. (C'mon, get off that couch!)
We're excited to move forward. We're still stripping wallpaper in what will be the 2nd bedroom we use for kids, but we hope to have it ready soon. Then the bunk beds go up. :)
Thanks for reading~Sarah
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