Mikknit

My cousin gave birth to a little girl on Thursday, about 3 months early. Thankfully, both mother and baby are doing well and baby’s prognosis seems good. My cousin developed preeclampsia and they did a c-section, thankfully now her blood pressure has come down and she was scheduled to be discharged from the hospital today. Baby weighed 1lb 11oz and was 13″ long at birth and she will be in the NICU for quite a while, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that she was staying there until her due date. I am very pleased to hear that the hospital has a milk bank, so the baby has been getting donor milk while my cousin is waiting for the milk fairy to arrive.

In an effort to feel like I’m doing something, I knit up some teeny tiny preemie hats.

So incredibly tiny…

I used Cotton Ease in the Lime color, on size 7 DPNs. Pattern here. The front two are the size she says will fit a 2# baby, the back one is the size that should fit a 3-4# baby. I can’t fathom how tiny a baby’s head must be to fit these hats.

I don’t know if there’s a need for these hats at the hospital where the baby is, I haven’t had a chance to call and talk to the NICU nurses yet. If they don’t need them, I know there are several other programs that are collecting them.

There’s more stuff too, but I thought this needed its own post.