Parenting Packs: Staying in the Hospital

For an overview of the Book Bundles and Parenting Packs early literacy kits, please visit the original post. The cost listed is the list price of each item, regardless of whether or not we got it on sale/discount. The activity sheets and resource guide amount was calculated by cost of binder clip + lamination sheets.

Itemized List

• Carrying Tote ($15.99) — The Container Store
• Can You Make Me Better? by Ann de Bode & Rien Broere($10.99) — Baker & Taylor
• Do I Have to Go to the Hospital? by Pat Thomas ($6.99) — Baker & Taylor
• Harry Goes to the Hospital by Howard J. Bennett ($14.95) — Baker & Taylor
• What About Me? by Allan Peterkin ($9.95) — Baker & Taylor
• Your Child In the Hospital by Nancy Keene ($14.95) — Baker & Taylor
• Melissa & Doug Magnetic Human Body Play Set ($12.99) — Amazon
• Stethoscope ($19.00) — Amazon
• True Life X-Rays ($29.99) — Amazon
• Vinyl Bags (2) ($5.98) — The Container Store
• Activity Sheets & Resource Guide ($3.00) — created in-house

Total: $144.78

For the kids books: Do I Have to Go to the Hospital? addresses many of the fears a child may feel prior to going to the hospital. Both Can You Make Me Better? and Harry Goes to the Hospital detail different situations — one talks about surgery and the other title is only about being sick. And very important to me was to also include a book for siblings of children who need to stay in the hospital and What About Me? was the answer to that question.

For caregivers: I found one great book to help caregivers prepare for a child’s visit to the hospital. It talks about so many things that I didn’t even think of like getting doctor records, talking with insurance, arranging tours, and obviously helping the child through the experience. It was an excellent addition to this Pack.

Since there are a lot of different reasons a child might need to stay in the hospital, I wanted to include anatomically correct human body models that addresses organs, muscles, bones, etc.. Luckily, there was the fabulous Melissa and Doug magnetic set that does all the different systems in the body.

I wanted to include real medical equipment and that was done very easily with the stethoscope and x-rays. The x-rays were laminated to keep them from getting scratched up and messing the film. The stethoscope is kept in a vinyl bag to protect it while in the Pack.

It’s the end of May and the Staying in the Hospital Parenting Pack has gone out 3 times since launching at the end of November! I’m happy to see that its circulation is low because I hope that very few of my families will need the Pack.