Amazing mom: Jan!

Sometimes, I am blessed to meet extraordinary women who have bought or had a nursing necklaces donated to them, Here is one of them:

I am a 52 year old mother of 6 biological children. I am married to my doctor-husband and we live in the Pacific Northwest. My oldest child is 30 and my youngest is 15. We began fostering babies in 2000.I have always loved babies and it is a stage of development that I am very comfortable with. I feel this is a gift that my Creator has bestowed on me and that using my gift to help others became important to me once my own children were raised. In our area, there is a pressing need for care for special needs babies, or as many of them are, medically fragile babies. With a doctor in the house we were immediately approached to specialize our care. Their special needs have included alcohol effects, drug effects, cranio-facial deformities and the aftermath of shaken baby syndrome. In January we welcomed out 15th baby into our home. Most stay a few months some only a few weeks. Usually we only have one baby, but on occasion (ok, 4 occasions) we have taken in 2 babies who needed us. I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to give these little ones a good start in life, and the joy far outweighs the discomfort of sleepless nights and fussy babies. Sometimes it is very hard...and I feel taxed beyond my strength, but then I pray a little harder and I take a month or so off between babies, and soon, I am refreshed and ready to move forward to the next little person who needs me.Our current baby is almost 4 weeks old and is a pretty little girl with a lot of black hair. She is growing and changing daily and we got our first little smile last Wednesday.

Lori, the new laws concerning privacy prohibit my posting anything more than her name and even then, on the website, using the initial is probably best. An artfully done photo would be ok, I think...no face of the baby.




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I donate a nursing necklace to each of Jan's foster babies so they will have something with their name on it to take with them when they go to their adoptive parents.