Hi, throwaway because I can count on one hand the amount of people I told about this situation.Short BG: Last October my mental health was shot, and I took a fairly dangerous overdose and spend some time in ICU. My son was subsequently taken into care on a 'voluntary' agreement whist I undertook intense therapy, and other treatments. He was in a placement for 9 months, where I had daily (mon-fri) contact with him for 1 hour in the beginning, up to whole weekend contacts until he returned to my care full time on June 14th.Since his return home, I have absolutely no idea if I'm behaving properly. I have had minimal contact from Social Services, so I am not really getting any other opinion on this.I am spending a wild amount of money, taking him to do all sorts of things, every day of the week that I can. I'm letting him stay up way later than he's ever been allowed, and if he cries, I'm brining him down to cuddle and sit with me.I feel awful if I deny him anything, because for 9 months I had it drummed into my head that I would be 'lucky' to get him back, so why would I not give him everything he wants?!Is there any parent out there who could give some sort of outside advice on how much I should be giving him, and what the line between celebrating he's back, and pandering to his every need is?Thanks. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2sC5SC3
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