Next steps…
My sons are 9 year old (twins). They have been dealing with bed bug bites for the last two months at dad’s house. I wash their clothes immediately when they return and am terrified of them spreading to our home. He did have an inspection, but sent me a message at the time it was supposed to start and said it was all clear so I’m not sure they did a thorough search.
He has repeatedly given our son antibiotics prescribed for dad and has said so on text. However he lies about it and I have to ask multiple times, sometimes over several days, to get an honest answer. This terrifies me as I would have no way to know this if I have to take them to a doctor which is also an issue that has come up recently.
I want to call cps and just document this. I don’t think they would disallow visits, but I do want a paper trail as his reasoning is he can calculate dosages and they end up okay so it’s fine.
I do want to add he will use the fact I gave them hot sauce as punishment over a year ago against me. I have no problem clearing the air immediately and telling cps I did so, but I am terrified that would lead to the kids being removed from my care altogether. It was a very brief thing, against my best judgment, done out of desperation after the escalating behaviors. I don’t spank them or anything like that, but he has made it known if I say anything about the medication he will bring it up. I know it was wrong and I would never even consider doing it again.
We’re in a southern state… does anyone know what would come of it if I did bring cps into this?