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Anyone here do respite care for infants?

militarywife2bmilitarywife2b
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The nurse in my REs office suggested I look into it. Anyone have experience with respite care? My DH is active duty so it will be mostly myself looking after the infant when he is deployed.

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  • ctbride08ctbride08 member

    We are licensed to do respite care, but have only ever been called for long-term fostering. I think respite care is an awesome thing and wonderful gift to give to foster parents. 

    Being a fellow IFer, i think it would have been a good way to get my mind off of all the treatments and help the days pass faster.

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  • JanieJonesJanieJones

    Not yet, but we hope to.  We started that side of our paperwork/homestudy this past week.

     

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  • Floridamom224Floridamom224 member
    we are traditional foster parents, but have taken a few kids for respite before.
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  • come*on*babycome*on*baby
    We are licensed foster parents currently not accepting new placements, but we do provide respite care for other foster parents at least once a month. We're actually providing it for a 7month old until tomorrow afternoon.
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