first official meeting with our social worker next week

JanieJones

Ok, my realistic side knows not to freak out and stress too much, but my crazycakes side is mentally compiling a list of things to do before she comes over that looks like this: clean baseboards, hide matches, do all laundry, touch up paint in bathroom where holes were patched, clean fridge, reorganize pantry, wash ?window screens, weed lawn....

What advice can you give me before I wear holes through my cleaning gloves?

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Also, we went to the transracial parenting workshop. ?It was really amazing, and we had all kinds of "difficult" conversations as a group about racial identity, privilege as it relates to race, the subtle racism that exists, etc. ? We were given a 50 page workbook at the end to continue our personal journey into the subject. ?I've been through about 1/3 of it and it's been put together really well. ?

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GLynn2009

Your house is probably fine. Our SW did a quick run through and that was it. I would clean the clutter and do no more than you would do on cleaning day. The house needs to look like a child could live there.

sw_in_kc

JanieJones:

Ok, my realistic side knows not to freak out and stress too much, but my crazycakes side is mentally compiling a list of things to do before she comes over that looks like this: clean baseboards, hide matches, do all laundry, touch up paint in bathroom where holes were patched, clean fridge, reorganize pantry, wash  window screens, weed lawn....

I feel the same way. We have our first meeting on Wednesday. It's not our homestudy, just meeting and I'm going to clean ALL weekend.

CaptainSerious

I know it sounds impossible, but try to relax.  Your SW is not trying to disqualify you.  She just wants to see that your home is safe for a child.  I'd just make sure to pick up clutter, and have the house presentable as you would if you were having company over.

Go_Dawgs

I didn't have time to do any special cleaning.  I'm sure our baseboards are disgusting.  I just made sure the clutter was all picked up, and it was fine!

hway24

That was me last weekend. We just had our first visit on Tues. I cleaned every inch of the house, even though I knew it probably wasn't necessary. This was just our orientation visit, not even our home inspection. It definately doesn't have to spotless and there's no reason to drive your self crazy! GL!