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Rachel Faul's daughter, Abigail, is a two-year-old baby who has a lot of complications related to her heart. She doesn't have the strength to sit up on her own yet. So the parents must keep an eye on her all the time. Her crib was huge and impossible to easily move from room to room so Rachel wanted something that the baby could sleep and play but was also easy to move to wherever the parents were. She was inspired by a blogger who posted photos of some sort of foam bed. It was like a nest with a huge piece of cloth covered foam that wrapped around the bed and could be folded down like a turtle neck sweater.
She used her old crib mattress for measurements and bought some furniture foam.
The soft sides of the new crib support her a little bit so she's able to sit up in a way that she doesn't have to use any of her muscles to stay upright. Abigail's physical therapist is thrilled with the bed and how it encourages Abigail to strengthen her trunk muscles a little each day.
Adapted from: http://www.instructables.com/id/Foam-Nest-Bed/
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