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Thanks mamas
In our state each child must have 40 sq. ft of bedroom space and children over 5 cannot be in a room with an opposite sex child. The three are all boys and so are our two so that isn't an issue. If we used the nursery as a room and counted the boys room then we can be licensed for all the kids since our baby can legally be in our room for a year. If it went on longer than that we would have to consider putting an egress window in the basement and turn my sewing room into another bedroom.
I don't know if the birth order thing would be an issue or not. All the boys are somewhat developmentally delayed and malnourished and even the 7 yr. old is smaller than my oldest. I am not sure how sign. the behavior problems would be. The oldest two are wonderful when they are with our family and love the consistency we offer but that could also change drastically when put in our care full time. The youngest has the most sever behavioral issues and he also has some medical issues so I think dealing with those would be the greatest difficulty.
I just got a call from the grandma grilling me in regards to whether we turned the situation in. It appears that the CPS worker has already made contact with the people that my husband mentioned to him. I am pretty pleased with their rsponse time since dh only called a few hours ago and didn't have alot of the specifics he needed such as what school they attend, specific address, etc....
The CPS worker did state though that if the kids are removed they would put the kids in temporary care until they could do a home visit of all viable family members so even if they are removed and we were to get them it wouldn't be immediate.
It is driving me nuts not knowing what is going on right now but I guess I just need to sit tight and pray.
Thanks again mamas.
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