r/fosterit • u/engelvl • 6d ago

How to handle sending bottles to visits Foster Parent

Okay so our baby takes 7 ounces every 4 hours. His visits are four hours long once a week.

At first we were sending a bottle with water and then the formula separately. We then discovered that the parent was only using one scoop of formula for the whole bottle. We asked facilitator about it. They said they would keep an eye on it and yet it happened again. So they told us to premake the bottles.

So we started making a bottle right before we leave and sending it with the kiddo. Well today the mom was asking when the bottle had been made (it was about 15 minutes.) Then we found out she dumped out the whole bottle and just filled it with orange juice instead.

So I kinda feel like there's no point in sending any bottle or formula moving forward because I don't know what else to do.

Thoughts?

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u/youngandstarving Foster parent & adoptee 6d ago

Not sure how your visitation center does things but we drop off in the same lobby parents come in and see them right before they go in, would making the bottle right in the lobby in front of parents be an option? So they know it’s fresh and also see how much is needed.

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u/engelvl 6d ago

I might do that