The hearts are called “Bonding Hearts.” Baby keeps one and Mama keeps one for 24 hours effectively transferring their scent to it. Then they switch. This way, Mama has baby’s scent (encouraging breast milk production during their separation) and baby gets Mama’s scent (teaching baby what Mama smells like). The Gtube covers are typically used by babies who have “Graduated” the NICU. Sometimes, the only way they can go home is with a small “port” in their stomach where they can get nutrition.
For the heart pattern, here is what you do:
- Cut the half heart out
- Fold a piece of the fabric in half
- Align the straight edge of the heart with the FOLDED side of the fabric
- If it makes you more comfortable, you can trace where to cut before moving to the next step. If you have pins, you can also pin the pattern in place instead of tracing.
- Cut along the pattern/traced outline
- When you are done you should be able to unfold the fabric and have one whole heart
