The Dogmother Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Aww - I love babies too.If I had my way I would be permenantly preggers or nursing Me too Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Aww - I love babies too.If I had my way I would be permenantly preggers or nursing how about being a surrogate mom? When im a tad older im going to concider this. OR you could become a emergency foster mom for newborns. Im going to be a foster mom soon . woooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Someone I know in social services asked me if I'd like to be an emergency foster mum for babies, but I couldn't do it financially - Rosie and I need a certain amount of money coming in to survive I love having a baby on my hip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 you do get paid you know. Not alot though!!!! But emergency is like All night feeding, as you know. youd be a zombie for work. Luckily i have the time , bein at home with sethy. Baby on the hip! Thats me from 6am until 7pm! No joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I know you get paid, but it isn't enough to replace my wage, which is just enough to get us by. So I can't give up work to do it, and you have to be at home 24/7 to be a baby foster carer. You can do all night feeding and still go to work full time though - I did it with Rosie - through necessity rather than choice though. 4 hours sleep max per night and then 8 hours at work.. torture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 oh clare! that mus have been tough! Poor you ! Although, not trying to ''see who ahd the worst baby'' seth only slept for 1- 1.5 hrs a day until 6 weeks ago! So i do know what thats like! Although going to work must have been awful on so little sleep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 4 hours sleep max per night and then 8 hours at work.. torture! 12 hours sleep sounds like bliss to me Clare! Wish I could sleep at work, think the passengers would miss their sandwiches though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Work was a doddle compared with being up all night At least I got to go to the loo uniterrupted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 argh!!!! dont start me on that! Seth is almost walking and i cant leave him to pop to the loo as he is into everything!!! today he got the Wii controller and was waving it about like he was playing tennis. Then he decided to eat it! I miss him not being able to even roll! Im cruel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 A friend of mine did emergency fostering. One baby came aged 4 days and stayed for 18 years! The birth parents wouldn't allow them to adopt him so he changed his name by deed poll on his 18th birthday to theirs. They are his mum and dad as far as he is concerned. And a smashing lad he is too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 ooooh eglutine! I CAN EASILY SEE THIS HAPPENING TO ME! i love children so much. They make my day. Never thought id be like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 A friend of mine did emergency fostering. One baby came aged 4 days and stayed for 18 years! The birth parents wouldn't allow them to adopt him so he changed his name by deed poll on his 18th birthday to theirs. They are his mum and dad as far as he is concerned. And a smashing lad he is too. That's a great story Egluntine. My neighbours (now moved) used to do long term fostering - they adopted two of their charges and fostered loads.. all boys with troubled pasts. They had the patience of saints. It was Val who referred the social to me regarding emergency baby fostering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Aww - I love babies too.If I had my way I would be permenantly preggers or nursing how about being a surrogate mom? When im a tad older im going to concider this. OR you could become a emergency foster mom for newborns. Im going to be a foster mom soon . woooo I don't think I have the energy any more, thats the disadvantage of waiting until you are older Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Aww - I love babies too.If I had my way I would be permenantly preggers or nursing I hated being pregnant and I didn't even have a very hard time of it either compared to a lot of people. The giving birth malarky was the easy bit, although mine were only 7lb and 7lb11, not sumo babies like the future Miss Siberia there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I would love to emergency foster. I can surive on no sleep. DS1 trained me for that. It was a shock having ds2 and dd and finding out that some babies do actually sleep for more than 20 minutes at a time and don't eat 24/7. For us its a lack of space caused I guess by money. We have 5 of us already in a 3 bedroom (is that room a bedroom?) house and I just couldnt fairly subject my children to being more cramped. IF we moved somewhere bigger ever I may go for it. I don't go all gooey with babies in front of other people but I'm a sucker when noones watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 *Grumble* Want a baby, can't have one for another couple of years. Then I'll be earning enough to pay the mortgage without having lodgers. I love babies. My best friend is having one in December. I'm jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
