kimmy,

I am so sorry you are having to go through this...I know how much the little guy means to you.

Try to hang onto the hope that things will work out for the best. From what you have said, it sounds like his mother and father don't want to cause him harm, they just aren't really aware of their own limitations. So if you can follow your plan of gradually increasing the time they have him, then they very well may reach a point where they will feel that they don't have what it takes to have him 24/7.

I have a friend who is in a very similar situation. She has been raising her 10 year old granddaughter for her whole life. Last fall, the girl's mother (my friend's daughter) just took her away, and my girlfriend was devastated. But by Christmas, the mother had realized that she couldn't be a good mother all on her own, so she and the little girl both moved back in with my friend. I hope and pray that your current situation can find a solution that will keep your little man in a safe environment as well.

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Love,
Jo