SUPPORTING PARENTS OF MULTIPLES IN THE AUSTIN, TEXAS AREA
Formerly Austin Mothers of Multiples (AMOM), our organization underwent a re-branding in the Spring of 2016 in order to reflect our members more inclusively. Austin Parents of Multiples (APOM) is a non-profit, non-political, and non-discriminatory organization providing support and a social network to the parents, grandparents, and legal guardians of twins, triplets, and quadruplets in the Austin, Texas area.
ALREADY A MEMBER? Stay tuned for some exciting new Member Resources in a *NEW* Members-Only area of the website.
So much positivity!
Advocate Children's Hospital
PUT YOUR HANDS UP! Check out “All the NICU Babies,” a Beyoncé parody inspired by “All the Single Ladies!” Make sure to wait until the end for a very special THEN & NOW dedication to some of our NICU graduates. Have photos of your little one to share? Comment below and tell us their story!
Victoria Vitale, a music therapist at Advocate Children's Hospital, and Tess Bottorff, a neonatal nurse at Advocate Children’s Hospital, partnered to write the lyrics to this adorable song. Victoria also recorded the song, and shot/edited the music video that featured some of our tiniest patients.
“In creating ‘All the NICU Babies,’ I hoped to highlight some of the ways in which music therapy benefits patients, families, and staff in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,” says Victoria. “Normalizing the ICU environment and returning the caregiver role back to parents at bedside helps decrease perceived stress and improve parent-infant bonding. I wanted to help parents make something meaningful of their hospitalization and feel a sense of mastery and purpose during a time when so much is out of their control. I watched parents smile, laugh, hold, kiss, and dance with their babies. This project has not only helped build a sense of community with our parents, but has significantly boosted morale amongst staff. Music therapy enhances the patient, parent, and staff experience--and this is just one way in which I work as a music therapist in the NICU!”
On this #GivingTuesday, you can help APOM out by doing us a little favor on Twitter. Mention @ATXPoMs with hash tag #BeTheGood and Benevity will give us $10 for every retweet!
Cyber Monday is coming and you can help APOM out by "smiling" at us through The AmazonSmile Foundation.
Go to smile.amazon.com and when prompted click in the "Or pick your own charitable organization" box and enter "Austin Parents of Multiples" as your charity of choice.
Happy Shopping and here is more info on the benefits this brings our organization.
"The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible smile.amazon.com purchases. Tens of millions of products are eligible for donations. You will see eligible products marked “Eligible for AmazonSmile donation” on their smile.amazon.com product detail pages. Recurring Subscribe-and-Save purchases and subscription renewals are not currently eligible to generate donations.
Remember, only purchases made at smile.amazon.com, (not www.amazon.com or the mobile app,) generate AmazonSmile donations.