should I try to take my sister baby?
I do have 6 kids in my house hold My sister is 17 and has a son i believe he is 4 months. She leaves him with my wife for 2 or 3days at a time usually on weekends. When the baby is with my sister all she does is complain about him criing. I know that being a single parent is not easy, but I do not think she is even triing. My sister calls my wife in the middle of the night, wanting her to go over her house and get Adam. The last time my wife went to pick up Adam she said that he was in his car seat on the porch by himself criing. If my wife tries to give her advice my sister starts yelling. This morning when my sister left him here criing my wife gave him some baby food and he went to sleep. I am not real sure how much a 4 mth old should weigh but he ways 12 pds. my baby is his age and she weights 17 pds. My wife and I think something should be done, but not sure what we can do. Should we call CPS or just try to get a lawyer and take the baby from her?
My parents will not have anything to do with this matter because my sister had sex before she was married. We are cancerned for this baby and my sister.
When my sister talks about Adam she normally calls him "it" take it, its hungry I get so mad at her for calling him it.
Oh when Adam is at my house he hardly ever cries. My wife says Adam and our baby usually wake up criing about 10:30pm she changes them and feeds them and they both go back to sleep
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This child’s weight is a big issue. He is probably crying with your sister because she is not properly feeding him. You really need to call CPS and file a report on your sister for two main reasons: One you need to cover yourself in that you are reporting suspected abuse and two so that the abuse is documented.
Should someone else call CPS on your sister and it is discovered that you were aware of this situation and did not report the abuse, CPS may not consider you for placement of the child and put him in foster care.
Also should you decide to take her to court to sue her for custody of this child, it will help your case to have documented abuse. Taking pictures of the home or keeping a journel is helpful but it is not always taken into consideration by anyone as it is not professionally documented and really could come back on you as you did report it.
If CPS goes out to the home and finds that the child is at risk, they are going to be looking for relatives to take the child at least temporarily and try to work with your sister to teach her parenting skills and so on. If your sister does not shape up and demonstrate she can care for the child and you are able to show that you can, CPS can help facilitate an adoption for you at little or no cost to you. What you would need to know up front is that CPS will run background checks and assess your ability to care for this child. If you have skeletons in the closet, best to hire an attorney to file on your behalf and call CPS in the process.
PS If you do call CPS, be up front with your sister so that she knows that you and your wife are concerned enough that you are going to be holding her accountable for her behaviors 17 or not.
Also I do not know what state you are from, that makes a difference.