Early this year my now 5 month old was removed from my home and put into the care of my mother by social services. We have since made major adjustments, done millions of assessments and classes and all things are looking positive for reunification come October time.

We are now looking into ways the ease the readjustment and reunification process, we have a photo of us hanging above her bed at my mum’s house that they say good morning and good night to every day, we have a photo book of photos with us with our daughter that my mum “reads” to her, we are rotating through plushies, blankets and toys that have our smell on them for her, we visit multiple days a week, we do skin to skin, we nap together, she visits us at our home often, we do snuggles after bath time, we never do any firsts (swimming, weaning, etc) without us present, we are looking into ways to keep consistency like staying with my parents regularly still when she’s back in our care and using the same childcare provider and professionals, and we spend days out together.

We are looking for more ways we can make the adjustment period easier and more natural for her, does anyone have any ideas?

No I will not go into any details about why she was taken from our care. It’s been stressful for all of us, and we have done everything we need to and more to make positive changes, so we can look after her in a more positive way. Social workers are very happy with us and everything is looking very positive for our family.

Now for readjustment.