My friend just called me to say that her cousin just gave birth to a baby at 28 weeks gestation, and was wondering what she should get as a present because the family was throwing her a baby shower. My thought was that they should wait until the baby is home and healthy from the hospital as it is on a respirator and is severely under-developed.
What if god forbid something happened and the poor mother either has to look at all the memories of a child she never got to bring home or has to go through the pain of returning everything.
I suggested if she felt she needed to buy the mom something, she should get her a massage package (as this is an extremely stressful time) or a keepsake for the baby, or even offer to help out around the house (the mother has another child at home) and cover some of the hospital expenses (ie. parking pass).
Anyone have any thoughts or ideas??
2006-10-17
10:13:30
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