Bouncing Babies

Many months ago, I blogged about my friend Tracy's quest to raise money for an orphanage where she volunteers in Shanghai. She was working with an organization called Angel Covers, started by one of her high school classmates, to bring baby bouncers to the facility so that the infants could get out of their cribs during the day and have some stimulation. Her goal had been to raise enough money for about 50 bouncers, but she ended up with so many donations, Angel Covers was able to buy bouncers for Tracy's orphanage AND several others! They ended up getting 75 bouncers for the Shanghai Children's Home alone, and another 235 bouncers for other orphanages in China!

A few weeks ago, the bouncers were finally delivered, and Tracy went to take some pictures of the babies in their new bouncy seats!!

Although some of these little ones look slightly confused, I think they also look very content with their new activity! Before the bouncers arrived, they would just lay in their cribs most of the day and stare at the ceiling. Now they are up and watching what is going on around them, and Tracy says it's really cool to see them interacting with the world!

After Tracy took these pictures, the remaining bouncers were set up so that most infant rooms now have 15-25 bouncers. How fun would it be to see 20 babies all bouncing around at the same time! Hopefully Tracy will get some pictures of that and send them along soon.

Check out more of the wonderful projects for children in orphanages around the world at Angel Covers!