Learn about the challenges that parents/caregivers and families may experience when a baby is admitted to the NICU.
The SickKids Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides care for newborns up to four weeks of age. Find information about life in the NICU, conditions that affect newborns and premature babies and what to expect when leaving the NICU.
Read about issues that parents and caregivers must address in order to prepare for a baby's discharge from the NICU and arrival at home.
Learn how parents can effectively participate in the care of a baby in the NICU.
Learn about how newborns and infants are safely transported from a community hospital or nursing station to a hospital that can provide the necessary expertise to care for sick premature or term babies.
Read about the various health-care team members who care for babies admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Learn about the immediate experience of neonatal intensive care, which is a very emotional, physical and practical challenge for parents and families.
What to do when a premature baby leaves the Hospital: A variety of important points for parents of premature babies to keep in mind.
Learn how to effectively keep your baby safe when using baby equipment, including change tables, cribs, strollers, carriers/slings, playpens and more.
Learn about how families and the health-care team work together to make important decisions about the care of babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Learn how to set up a suction machine, what equipment you will need and which size catheter you should use for your child.
Learn about several types of lines and catheters inserted into a vein that are used for vascular access on a premature baby or ill newborn.
Find out how to care for your child's suctioning equipment and troubleshoot any suctioning problems.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) in newborn babies.
Recommendations for babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU to help improve neurodevelopment at 12 months.
Recommendations for babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU to help improve neurodevelopment at eight months.
All babies are born relationship ready. Babies are also born with attachment-based behaviours (crying) that cue their caregiver when they are in distress and need them close. Learn how the baby’s cry and the caregiver’s response to the cry develops the attachment relationship.
Find out which feeding supplies you will need to buy for your child, where you can buy them and what kind of funding is available for buying feeding tube supplies.
Read about the different methods of assisting babies with their breathing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
This page provides recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in four month old babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU.
Learn how to make sure your child stays safe at the playground, playing in the backyard or at a splash pad or wading pool.
This page provides recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies aged six weeks, who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU.
Learn about the equipment used during, and following an operation for scoliosis. Trusted answers from The Hospital for Sick Children.
Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.
Learn how to treat common problems with your child's nasogastric (NG) tube feeding.
