Realistic options
48.I only really have four choices: i)send X and Y home to their mum, ii)delay making my decision, to give N another chance to do more work or go to a Mother and Baby Unitiii) make a care order so they live with foster parents but are not adopted,iv)or make care and placement orders. I have already said that I don’t think a delay would be useful. The Guardian says that there is no realistic prospect of N doing the work and maintaining any progress and I agree. It would just be delaying this matter and delay is never good for children. Sadly I do not think that there is any way of letting N look after the girls without constant support. This has been tried and failed before removal.N was not happy to go to a Mother and Baby Unit in April 2020 and I think that it is now too late to consider that. Also I know that N has actually done this before the legal case started and she went missing sometimes. I don’t think it would help me make my decision.Even if X and Y can’t go home I don’t think foster care would be the best option for them unless they can’t be adopted. If possible they need a family to care for them until they are grown up.