Are You A Mom?

Are you a Mom? Do you remember packing your overnight bag for the trip to the hospital when your baby was born?

I remember taking everything just short of the kitchen sink!  Some things I took were necessities and some just made my experience happier and definitely more comfortable. 

Unfortunately, many of our moms-to-be do not have the resources necessary to purchase these items.  With your help, we would love to assemble"Comfort Bags" for our moms-to-be to take to the hospital at delivery time.  If you are moved to donate, here is a list of the items we would like to include. You may donate a completed bag, or just some of the items - all donations will help make our moms birth experiences  happy (and comfy)! You may deliver your donations to Kimberly Home or email berylm@kimberlyhome.org to make arrangements for pick up.

PS - if you're a mom and you think of an item that you found especially helpful or comforting and we have left it out, feel free to include it! 

• Comfy robes or bed jackets - thinner fabrics won't bunch up in bed
• Large size nightgowns - No one is happy in a hospital gown.  The style with breast-feeding openings are great!
• "Slipper-socks" - the kind with the grip bottoms
• Lip Balm - hospital rooms are often so dry
• Lotion - un-scented is good
• Sports Water bottles
• Elastic hairbands
• Small Journal / pen 
• Small bags of crackers - Saltines
• Hard candy / LifeSavers  - peppermint and ginger flavors are especially good for nausea
• Small photo album - with paper inserts for baby's tiny new footprints
• Disposable Camera
• Plastic envelope/folder - for all of that paperwork you leave with!

• New baby "going home" outfit"

• Tote bag