She gave birth to her 3rd child last week, and she has been court ordered not to have any type of contact with her other two children because she is a crack addict and an alcoholic. In her 8th month of pregnancy, we had found out she was smoking crack and drinking while she was pregnant. Me and my other sister gave her the choice to either commit herself to treatment, or we would commit her ourselves. She has been in and out of rehab for a couple of years and has been smoking crack for years. We have contacted all the proper authorities and nothing was done. She was allowed to leave the hospital with that baby. My family and I will have no contact with her at all. She was supposed to go into sober housing after she had the baby, and instead moved to a bad side of town in an over crowded apt. It is hard not to see the baby, but we are hoping she will be taken from her. Are we doing the right thing?
#1 by trailsend_ranch on July 5, 2010 - 7:25 am
yep, it’s called tough love. It’s too bad you can’t find someone though who will step in and take the 3rd baby from her. a baby has no business being around crack houses or people
#2 by Delta D on July 5, 2010 - 8:13 am
Well, this is a tough one. I think I’d talk to her in the hopes of being able to help the baby somehow. If you are talking to her, you’ll know when and if she is smoking crack and you can notify the police and hopefully get the baby to a safe place. Or, if you are talking to her and she is clean and sober, you won’t have to spend so much time worrying.