- I very rarely ask her to do chores. I put this down to knowing she was used kind of like a 'runaround' at her mum's place, always doing jobs and fetching things for mummy from other rooms etc. I was brought up in an environment where my mum did virtually everything for me, and I want to give my daughter time to be a child.
- She's actually looking forward to moving into somewhere new, specifically to having her own space and being able to decorate her room.
That she's looking forward to moving gives me hope that I'm doing a positive thing in trying to take her on full-time. It felt like she had her heart set on moving back with her mother, but with her being incommunicado at the moment and the social worker saying I should 'go for it' things seem to be falling into place for that to happen. I know it's going to be a struggle and upheaval but hopefully after this we can have a period of stability and growth we can both enjoy.
