{"id":3273,"date":"2021-08-23T17:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2021-08-23T17:04:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:04:42","slug":"reddit-users-shower-boy-with-stuffed-sea-animals-after-learning-his-mom-cant-afford-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/2021\/08\/23\/reddit-users-shower-boy-with-stuffed-sea-animals-after-learning-his-mom-cant-afford-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddit Users Shower Boy with Stuffed Sea Animals After Learning His Mom Can\u2019t Afford One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A single mom took to Reddit to post on the platform a picture of a gift she handcrafted after not being able to afford one for her son. She posted a photo of a stuffed manta ray made using one of her son\u2019s old baby blankets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son wanted a stuff manta ray for his 5th birthday but I didn\u2019t have money to buy one so instead I converted his old baby blanket into one! (Hand sewn),\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>After two weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/povertyfinance\/comments\/ow1y61\/my_son_wanted_a_stuffed_manta_ray_for_his_5th\/\"><strong>her post went viral<\/strong><\/a>, gaining more than 66,000 likes and thousands of supporting comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is cute!!! He\u2019ll love it. And it\u2019ll be a beloved stuffy that his parent went out of the way to create for him. I bet he\u2019ll keep it forever,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Soon enough, the mother who posted on the forum \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/povertyfinance\/\"><strong>PovertyFinance<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 was flooded with requests from strangers requesting to send her five-year-old son stuffed sea animals. She then posted a follow up photo, grateful for all the \u201coverwhelming love and support\u201d she received from the internet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI posted here a few days ago about making my son a manta ray because I couldn\u2019t afford one.<\/p>\n<p>Look what y\u2019all did for my baby. You are all amazing,\u201d she said. \u201cI never expected this to get more than a few views, honestly thought I&#8217;d get roasted. Thank you for making a mom who has been fighting like hell for her kids and is exhausted and defeated feel loved. You guys are amazing. Truly, even if it sounds cringe, I know it&#8217;s just Reddit but y&#8217;all have lifted my spirits tonight and I cannot overstate how thankful I am for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video below of her son playing with the Reddit birthday gifts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s4MHlrWBZhQ\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A single mom took to Reddit to post on the platform a picture of a gift she handcrafted after not being able to afford one for her son. She posted a photo of a stuffed manta ray made using one of her son\u2019s old baby blankets. \u201cMy son wanted a stuff manta ray for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3274,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions\/3274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}