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Dear Fraser Health

Saw a post today in one of our local groups that Fraser Health is shutting down the Baby Daze program in September across the lower mainland. This program is dear to my heart, and so, I wrote an email to pcqoffice@fraserhealth.ca: "It has come to my attention recently that Fraser Health is undergoing some restructuring and the Baby Daze program that is currently running out of all Public Health offices is being phased out starting September. Although I have not accessed this program since I first went 6 years ago with our first baby, having heard this news was certainly disappointing. You see, 6 years ago, under encouragement from one of the Public Health nurses in North Delta, I took my then 10-day old daughter to Baby Daze. I was tired, had no make up, and was scared of what was ahead of me. We went around and introduced ourselves. The babies there ranged anywhere between 0-6 months. All the moms (and a couple dads!) have the same bewildered look on their faces. I knew