So now you know I have my niece J living with me. This has not been an easy process with the Ministry of Children and Family Development (mcfd)though. Although I had a homestudy already done with references and criminal records checks etc. They still needed to do a home inspection, criminal records check and needed 3 references and all asap. However due to being an approved adoptive parent i was allowed to have J while waiting for all this to come through. Also because mcfd is involved no one is allowed to care for her accept people who have had a criminal records check and prior contact with the ministry check done. This was a big problem because I instantly had J but could only take a couple days off work and all the daycares in town where full. I was told by one social worker at the ministry to just find someone safe and so lined up my mom and cousin in the short term and found a daycare that was in the process of opening that could take her Fridays and full time once registered. She said that the ministry would ignore the criminal records checks for the time being due to all the day cares being full and just get them in as soon as possible. so I handed them out and dropped them off (they take 7-10 days). Then got a call a couple days later from a different social worker saying that we couldn't ignore the criminal record check anymore, so I paniced because what was I supposed to do with J while I was working. Fortunately my mom and cousin could go to the RCMP and get a verbal to the Ministry that they were fine. However I am still waiting for the almost open daycare owner's to come back from the ministry after 2 weeks which is frustrating. I also get phone calls from the ministry saying things like you need to come to the office tomorrow morning to sign a contract that must be in tomorrow. I work out of town sometimes and was that day. So things have been stressful. Especially when you add in 4 weekly parental visits, on both Saturday and Sunday so I am very tied down (hoping to move one and get one weekend day free) and I have been a bit stressed out with the being a 'new mom' in role if not title and the other issues associated with J. We did have a big meeting on Tuesday and so I now know for sure that J will be with me until the end of Nov.
Well thats all for now!