Our license will allow us to take in two children. Specifically, we had siblings in mind when we decided to take two. If anything ever happened to require our bio children to enter foster care, heaven forbid, we would want our kiddos to stay together, so that was the motivation behind our decision. So many siblings sets are split up because foster families can't/won't take more than one child. Breaks my heart.
We have a bedroom upstairs that has, until now, been a gathering place, really. There used to be a futon, night stand and armoire....plus a plethora of children's toys/games/books, oh and a foosball table. This will now be our fosterling's bedroom.
The walls are tan...and I'm leaving them tan. It's neutral. We never know who we'll get. We thought it'd be easy to buy gender-specific bedding/wall décor when we got a placement. Either that, or we'd figure out a way to decorate a completely neutral room.
We sold the futon. We put the foosball table in the attic. We cleaned the room and set up the twin size bed I grew up on. I bought a pack n play from a friend, in case we got a baby. I just had no idea how to really prepare.
The room was essentially ready to go...were we?
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