How do you fix the passive voice in this sentence

Question

I wrote this sentence:

Because of his low weight, Gabe was still being nurtured instead of being named.

And Word underlined the bold part saying I was using passive voice and I don't know how to fix it.

Passive voice is not part of the assignment, but I need two prepositional phrases.

There is nothing to fix! It's a perfectly fine sentence. – curiousdannii Jun 23 '14 at 03:58 — curiousdannii, Jun 23 '14 at 03:58

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '14 at 00:58

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Since Gabe is a small baby and thus does nothing, you need to bring in another subject to avoid passive voice. His parents, his mother, his doctors....

answered Feb 11 '14 at 00:58

Oldcat

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He is nurtured by a character named Jacob, how could I use that to make a non passive-voice sentence. – Droonkid Feb 11 '14 at 01:01
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"Jacob nurtured the infant carefully and because of his low weight, did not even name him." – Oldcat Feb 11 '14 at 01:05
But the homework assignment said I have to use 2 prepositional phrases – Droonkid Feb 11 '14 at 01:06
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So add some more! – Oldcat Feb 11 '14 at 01:07

How do you fix the passive voice in this sentence

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