It’s well established that newborns benefit from touch. But in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) it’s more difficult to give newborns the nurturing contact they need because of the wires, equipment and incubators helping them survive. That’s where the cuddlers come in. Volunteers are working at hospitals around the country cuddling premature newborns who […]
Because it’s National Infant Immunization Week, we thought we’d share some tips from one of our members, the mother of 4 boys, including triplets.
In this article she provides a very detailed checklist of coping strategies to help young children handle the pain and fear […]
Kathleen Edwards shares her story of RSV and how it affected her babies.
Our bbbg quadruplets were born in the early hours of the morning on June 1, 1999. We had had a fairly uneventful pregnancy, and were thrilled to have each baby come into the […]
New research warns that babies should never be allowed to sleep in car safety seats when the seat is not in a car because it can cause decreased oxygen levels.
Babies’ heads are larger, relative to the body, than adults’ heads, and protrude behind the line […]
If you had a premature infant in the NICU did you talk with anyone about your experiences while in the NICU? This study found mothers had lower anxiety and depression after speaking with NICU nurses. Could this have helped you?
A recent study by researchers at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital found that mothers who had one-on-one […]