Crochet Octopus For Premature Babies Uk

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Crochet octopus for premature babies uk.

Crochet octopus for premature newborn babies to get this perfect gift personalised please see my other listing i have been crocheting these beautiful octopus since january 2018 and have sold over 250 via my ebay and etsy shops to loving families and caring nicu units. Hospital staff observed that the premature babies grasped the curly tentacles of the octopus instead of pulling at their tubes. Make this sweet octopus for preemies and give it away for the good cause. Make a crochet octopus for premature babies.

The group started by making 40 octopuses a month for southampton hospital using a pattern that followed advice from british trading standards using 100 cotton yarn and filling them with high quality filling that can withstand 60 degree washing for infection control. It s basic amigurumi all you need to know is some basic stitches and all the other stuff will be explained in the pattern. The theory is that the curly tentacles mimic the umbilical cord and comfort the baby. Octopus for a preemie uk.

What an amazing thought. Join us all at our facebook group here. Crochet octopus toys are the perfect plush item to comfort prematurely born babies who have to spend their first days of life in the nicu. Our octopuses and jellyfish really help our babies and parents through their first days of life.

Not too many years ago premature babies were placed in incubators and went without much human touch. These stuffed crochet octopuses will make a great birthday and you can also give them an epic present to a mother to be. Now there are 20 000 members in the group making more than 2 000 octopuses for almost 70 neonatal intensive care units across. From picking up the crochet hook to getting involved in some other way we would love to hear from you.

A few years ago in denmark a father asked for a crocheted octopus for his baby. Lovingly handmade by myself with care and attention to detail. Now we know that babies need the human touch to survive thrive and grow especially in their earliest days of life. Crocheters all around the world are making these cute creatures to accompany prematurely born children in hospitals.

We would love you to join us and help in any way you can. Https youtu be 1t4t xagczo see the written pattern.