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I need ideas!!!

MrsLee22MrsLee22
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Our NICU is very very small - only 16-20 beds - and I've become friends with some of the other mothers. My very favorite (her baby was born at 24w5d, about 3 weeks before my babies and we've gotten very close) is getting discharged tomorrow. Yay for her, boo for me! I want to do something special for her, but I don't know what to do on such short notice. Any ideas?!?
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Re: I need ideas!!!

  • kck329kck329 member

    The other moms in my NICU did the following:

    --gifts of clothes for when our LOs are "big" 

    --balloons or signs to put in the yard like you would traditionally do when a baby is born and comes home 

    --gift cards for dinners for the first week at home

     

    Also, I would say exchange numbers if you haven't yet. Having other preemie moms to talk to is still important when you go home--going home is lonely if you are used to the community of the NICU (or it was for me at least). It has helped me a lot to stay in touch with the moms I met during or stay. We are also planning to get all the babies together so we can socialize with the peace of mind that our babies are all super-sterilized :)

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  • ssg73ssg73
    I would do a nice card letting her know how much you appreciated her friendship and that you couldn't have made it without her ect and perhaps  an offer to take her out to lunch or a girls spa day when you both have nicu graduates.  Also one thing I wish I had but didn't were pictures of them walking out of the hospital ect.  Perhaps you could offer to record the discharge in pictures.
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  • megan1019megan1019
    I wrote the two moms that I became close to each a thank you card for keeping me "sane" while in the NICU. We are also friends on facebook who keep up with each other weekly. We are planning a get together this summer to re-unite!
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