Thirty or more incubators and small plastic cribs each hold a tiny, premature, high-risk baby who is struggling to survive.
Never use an infant mattress that is too small for the crib.
Display a small, empty wooden crib somewhere in your house and gradually add straw to it throughout Advent.
(At least one resident took a dim view, however, complaining online that the new place's menu concept — small plates — was cribbing from Beast, the tapas spot across the street: "Personally I like to support the original believers in Prospect Heights").
Some parents might have missed the story; it came at the moment in their day when many tune out of work and switch off smartphones to make dinner, read a story, muck through fractions or tuck small bodies into cribs and beds.
So about two years ago they started offering games, a coloring book, XBox and DVD player in the rooms, as well as cookies on arrival, smaller beds, a crib or a high chair when needed.
Parents are given memory boxes, knitted tiny cribs for early miscarriages and able to spend time with their baby in a small room with a crib hung with fairy lights.
Two small ones in one crib, three in the next … Eyes closed, or blinking wetly, or open and vacant.
Get creative and think about where you can put a crib or small bed that is separate from you as possible.. Sometimes it may mean the bathroom, a hallway, or even a large closet.
As your baby gets older, you will be able to leave one small stuffed animal in the crib to entertain him/her during crib play, but for now safety is more important.
