I never noticed that ...

It's funny how we don't always notice something or realise something until it actually becomes a part of our lives, like when you buy a new car, suddenly it seems every other car on the road is the same as yours, same make, same model, same colour, of course there hasn't suddenly been a huge invasion of identical cars it's just you never noticed them before, never realised there were so many already out there.

This kind of realisation happened to me not so long ago, but not with a car, for me it was a song, it's from a few years back but some of you may know it, Wires by Athlete, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uriGngTXyrE I've heard this song so many times, I've hummed along to it on the radio but I never really paid attention to the lyrics and didn't realise that the song is about a baby in special care and the lyrics describe lead singer Joel Pott's feelings about his baby daughter who was born prematurely. The lyrics are beautiful and will strike a chord with many parents who have been in the same position as Joel Potts.

It also got me thinking about how much I actually knew about special care babies before I became Mum to a premature baby, the answer is not a lot, I knew about special care baby units and had read numerous magazine/newpaper articles on the subject but until I was there faced with the reality I didn't realise that the things that seem straight forward and easy suddenly become huge and difficult, the simple task of dressing your baby is not so simple if you have to juggle wires and tubes and you're worrying about hurting your precious baby because they have a cannula in their hand.

This is why Pop N Grow is such a wonderful idea, it makes something just a little bit easier, for parents and for the Neonatal medical staff, but for Pop N Grow to go from strength to strength people need to be aware that we exist, to 'notice' us and to pass on the message.
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