Our family made it through a rollercoaster ride of our own in the NICU world, and through that journey I saw a major need for HELP! I was one of the fortunate...to have family and friends supporting me, church members offering prayer, as well as wonderful nurses/doctors working with my newborn. I quickly learned that this should be considered a luxury! When looking around the NICU, many mothers were there alone, with no family/friends, watching their feeble angel fighting for it's life.
Just as any new mom with many questions and thoughts racing in their mind, I wanted to start to record each moment, each memory....even if I didn't have my sweet baby at home with me. I began searching for a journal to write in, but to my surprise there was nothing out there made specifically for a NICU mommy - and believe me we are our own "breed"! If you haven't already heard, they call us "NICU warriors":)
Since I never quite landed on any publication or resource that was very helpful I decided to use a generic journal with blank pages and I wrote my heart out! This served as such an amazing sound-board for me over the 40+ nights that I spent at my house without my son in my arms. I was able to be thankful for those small milestones (and when I say small, I mean small) when looking back at the very first pages and comparing the progress since birth!
I guess you could say, that is where the desire to produce Mommy's Notes started. This journal is truly set-apart and I believe has endless potential to touch many lives of mothers, families, and babies that are currently undergoing life in the NICU, preparing for a NICU stay, or have previously been a part of the NICU family.
Inside the pages of Mommy's Notes you will find places to take notes on:
Personal name and birth information
Date/Weight
Milestones
Pictures to attach
Foot/Hand-prints
8+ personal journal entries from real-life NICU mommies
Many, many pages left for you to record your precious moments!
I'm excited to see this journal get into the hands of mothers and allow hope and encouragement while withstanding what most consider a major life storm.
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