No sooner than I post about doing nothing creative does my neighbor show up on my doorstep asking for my help with a sewing project. One of her husband’s coworkers just adopted a baby with almost no forewarning. Apparently the new mom signed on with an adoption agency and was almost instantly matched up with a bio-mom who was due to give birth only a few days later. Unfortunately, the bio-mom is a 15 year old girl. This is her third pregnancy, the second that she’s carried to term. The other child is currently in foster care as the mom is addicted to crystal meth. She did drugs well into the second trimester of this most recent pregnancy.
So, how could I pass up an opportunity to help my neighbor make something useful for this baby and his new mom? I feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity to help. Apparently my neighbor is the baby equivalent of a horse whisperer. She knows a particularly effective method of swaddling babies and can make even the most colicky baby go to sleep and stay asleep. Apparently these receiving blankets that I hemmed for her are part of the charm…
Wow, that is awesome of you to do that! That is also sad that the 15 y/o is addicted to drugs w/her 3rd pg.
That’s so sweet, what a blessing.
And, ay yi yi on the situation.
Yeah, while I am really happy for the new adoptive mom, my heart just breaks for the bio-mom. There is obviously something very wrong in her life if she has gotten in to this much trouble at such a young age. I know child protective services is involved because (I think) they took the baby away immediately since the bio-mom did drugs while pregnant (from what I understand, while she was fine with the baby being adopted, she didn’t have a choice, her parental rights were terminated by the state). I just hope CPS tries to get her the counseling and support that she obviously needs.