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Our FS was moved to us at 8 months after having been with another foster family from birth. I felt the same way about being nervous to meet the first foster mom. She'd fed, sung, and rocked him to sleep for eight months, and we just go in and take him? Yikes.

When we met, I asked her how she'd like to stay in contact, what would be comfortable for her, like it was a definite, not a maybe, and I asked if she'd please share the baby's likes, dislikes, usual bedtime routine, feedings, nightlight or no, the diaper and wipe brands that she used, etc. so we could make the transition as familiar for baby as possible. That really broke the ice because it kept the conversation going for a long while, and I hope she felt my respect for her as his mother. I took a lot of notes, and they really did help get our FS settled in smoothly. We changed very little of his routine or foods the first few weeks to let him just focus on us. Then we started slowlh tweaking to match our lives. I also sent pics and told her to text as often as she wanted during those transition visits, and she took me up on it.

Very emotional the day you move them permanently to your home, but she knows it's coming, too. Just have to be gentle with her feelings, and you're already doing that.

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