every sling finds a home . . .

Letter from Children's Hopsital of Austin

May 11, 2007

Dear Emily,

Thank you SO much for sending a few slings our way! We are really looking forward to using them in our Neonatal ICU, Pediatric ICU and Respiratory Unit. All of these units have many long term infants on them and we hope to utilize babywearing as a way of calming our little ones. Additionally, we hope to spread the word to families about the benefits of babywearing and where they can buy your beautiful slings!

As you may or may not know, at Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, about 60% of our patients are under the age of 3. Many of these patients have chronic illnesses and are at risk for developing attachment disorders since they are cared for by many staff memebers and their parents often cannot be at the hospital all day. Therefore, we hope to continue a relationship with you to best serve our little ones by utilizing babywearing as a means of helping these patients develop healthy attachments to their parents and just a few other primary caregivers.

Thanks again for your willingness to donate the slings for us to use! We are excited about the possibilities of starting a babywearing program and hope that you will remember us in the future for any additional donations.

Sincerely,

Julie Grassfield, CCLS, CIMI
Child Life Specialist, Sr.
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas