{"id":10742,"date":"2012-05-30T20:13:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T20:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pregnancyoptions.spence-chapin.org\/?p=10742"},"modified":"2023-02-16T20:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:15:28","slug":"adayinthelifeofanicp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pregnancyoptions.spence-chapin.org\/es\/adayinthelifeofanicp\/","title":{"rendered":"UN D\u00cdA EN LA VIDA: PROVEEDOR DE CUIDADO INTERINO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From the moment she gets a call from Spence-Chapin about a newborn coming into care, Carmela Grabowski goes into mommy mode. \u201cI put fresh linens on the bassinet, clean the car seat, make formula, sterilize the pacifiers, change out all the diapers from size 2 to 1, and sort the clothes depending on the season and the gender of the baby.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carmela has been an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/interim-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interim care<\/a>&nbsp;provider with Spence-Chapin since 2009, and has cared for 32 infants. This wife and mother of a 21-year-old son and a 19-year-old daughter, both adopted, gives us a sneak peak of life as an interim child care provider. \u201cI start my day around 6:00am with a feeding, changing the baby\u2019s diaper. Baby is back down for a nap, and I then clean up the house, do laundry and shower. Around 9:00am, I give her\/him the second bottle. I keep the baby up for about an hour\u2013 swinging, playing, cuddling when it\u2019s down for a nap number 2. I take this time to work in my private office \u2018til noon, and then I start making lunch for my husband and daughter. If it\u2019s a day when the baby has a doctor\u2019s appointment or a visit with her birth parents, we get on the road around 9:15am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the afternoon, when I prepare dinner, the baby is in the swing keeping me company in the kitchen. By 6:00pm, the family sits down together for dinner and everyone takes turns interacting with the baby while we eat. At 8:00pm, it\u2019s \u2018Bath-Bottle-Bed. I usually stay awake until midnight, waiting for the baby\u2019s next feeding, and of course, some more cuddling. Then, I\u2019m up every 3-4 hours for late night feedings and diaper changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d tell anyone who wants to do this [interim care], that you have to understand that it takes up a lot of time and a lot of work. But, it\u2019s most rewarding. You just get so much out of it. Adoptive parents often keep in touch. I keep a photo album with all the pictures they send me of the babies I\u2019ve cared for. It\u2019s the best thing I\u2019ve ever done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spence-Chapin\u2019s Interim Child Care Program is one of the last of its kind.&nbsp; It began over 70 years ago as a valuable service for birth parents by giving them time after delivery \u2013 free from pressure \u2013 to make a decision about their child\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experienced care providers, supervised by our child care department, look after the babies in their home for several days or weeks after hospital discharge. Birth parents retain their legal rights and can visit their babies during this period.&nbsp; Spence-Chapin\u2019s board-certified pediatricians examine all infants in our care after hospital discharge; give them regular exams during their stay; and perform a discharge exam on the day they leave to go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more by visiting our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/interim-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the moment she gets a call from Spence-Chapin about a newborn coming into care, Carmela Grabowski goes into mommy mode. \u201cI put fresh linens on the bassinet, clean the car seat, make formula, sterilize the pacifiers, change out all the diapers from size 2 to 1, and sort the clothes depending on the season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1127,816],"tags":[1121,1122],"class_list":["post-10742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-stories","category-interimcareprovider-family-stories","category-meet-our-team","tag-icp","tag-interimcareprovider"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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