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Wednesday October 18, 2017
Blenheim
Weekly babies
Mum of the Week
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Nicolas Ignacio Aleman Born September 15, 2017 Weight 9lbs 6oz Hospital Wairau
Eli Alastair Condon Born October 5, 2017 Weight 7lb 9oz Hospital Wairau
Harper Rose Amelia Holdaway Lottie Jean Norton Born July 23, 2017 Born September 29, 2017 Weight 7lb 7oz Hospital Wairau Hospital Midland in Perth
Alexia and Martin are pleased to announce the safe arrival of their second baby boy, Nicolas Ignacio Aleman (9lbs 6oz) at 8.15pm on September 15, 2017 at Wairau Hospital. A brother for Ayla. Special thanks to midwife Shona Wills and all the staff at Ward One. Both Well. Photo provided.
Dean and Rebecca are thrilled to announce the birth of their second son, Eli Alastair Condon (7lb 9oz) at 9:20am on October 5, 2017 at Wairau Hospital. A baby brother for Noah. We want to say a huge thank you to Helen Crampton and our midwife Shona Wills for all they’ve done for us over this journey. Photo provided.
Big brother Cooper would love you all to meet his baby sister Harper Rose Amelia (7lb 7oz) born July 23, 2017 at 2.10pm at Midland Hospital in Perth. A special thanks from Nick (roundy) and Ashlee to our family and friends for your love and support during our journey to become a family of four. Photo provided.
Otis is excited to announce the safe arrival of his little sister Lottie Jean Norton. Born September 29, 2017 at Wairau Hospital. The biggest thank you to our wonderful midwife Shona and the team at the maternity ward. Photo provided.
Service for babies By Celeste Alexander Candles were lit, balloons released and memories shared at Sunday’s special remembrance service held by Sands Marlborough (Pregnancy, Baby and Infant Loss Support). The service was held as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week (October 9-15), hosted by Geoffrey T Sowman Funeral Directors in Blenheim. Families gathered and shared in the Wave of Light service in what Sands Marlborough members described as being a ‘heartfelt service and a lovely way to remember our babies’. Around 50 people took part including parents remembering their children from over 40 years ago, Anna Simpson says. “As sad as it is to see more numbers coming along each year, it warms the heart knowing people can come and share publicly to remember their babies. “It doesn’t matter how recent or long ago your loss was, everyone is welcome,” she says.
Members and friends of Sands Marlborough: Anna Simpson, Jenny Andrews, Sandra McNeilly, Debbie Adams, Monica Beaver, Kate McEntee, Debra Hennessy, and Sandra Remick-Sangster.
‘We are one in four’ By Celeste Alexander Those visiting Pollard Park in the near future will notice a beautiful forget-me-not flower bed display on the ‘pictorial bank’ by the rotunda. Sands Marlborough has its logo in full bloom, perfectly timed with Baby Loss Awareness Week
(October 9-15). Members and friends of the organisation gathered last Friday for a photograph. “We are one in four women who are affected by loss, including miscarriage and still birth,” they say. Council gardener Kate McEntee,
who is also a Sands member, is part of the team that designs the annual garden. She says occassionally a community group approaches the council to have their logo incorporated, and because she is a Sands member she designed the current garden.
“My team approved it for winter planting and because I had gone on maternity leave by then, the team expertly put my design together and did an amazing job,” she says. The garden will be in place until the summer planting takes place towards the beginning of December.