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!
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New baby "going home" outfit"
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Tote bag
