I'm collecting clothes for preemies! November is Prematurity Awareness Month. The Upper Valley is doing a clothing drive for the ICN at Dartmouth to help give clothes to babies born way too early. To see Tyler wear his first outfit 3 weeks after he was born was a real emotional triumph. (See earlier post titled "Tyler's new clothes" http://twentyfourweeks.blogspot.com/2008/06/tylers-new-clothes.html ) Seeing real clothes on him gave me a sense of normalcy and most of all hope. Dressing a baby provides so much enrichment and bonding. It helps the baby to familiarize themselves with mom and dad. It helps the parents to feel like they are a big part of their baby's life. Please help me pass hope to another family currently in the ICN with a donation of preemie clothes, blankets, or hats.
At the bottom of the this web page are links for patterns for those crafty people in the group who would like to help out as well as on-line stores.
http://www.marchofdimes.com/vermont/8026_30288.asp
We see a lot of Dr's tomorrow to start RSV shots for the winter. We've been extremely busy chasing after a walking boy who (you guessed it) LOVES to climb everything. We've caught him climbing up 2 toys he's position to get onto grandma's china cabinet. I don't have a lot of spare time to post right now. HA!
