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.
Learn about the immediate experience of neonatal intensive care, which is a very emotional, physical and practical challenge for parents and families.
Recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies at 36 months old who are patients in the neonatal developmental follow-up clinic.
This page provides recommendations to encourage development in babies aged six weeks, who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU, or who require care from a neonatal follow-up clinic.
This page provides recommendations to encourage development in babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU, or who require care a neonatal follow-up clinic.
Recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies at 18 months old who have spent time in the neonatal neurodevelopment follow-up clinic.
Learn about the challenges that parents/caregivers and families must face when a child is being kept in neonatal intensive care, including financial and family challenges.
This page provides recommendations to encourage development in babies aged 12 months who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU, or who require care a neonatal follow-up clinic.
Learn about the medical and surgical teams that work with premature babies. These might include a neonatologist and a paediatric surgeon.
Recommendations for babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU to help improve neurodevelopment at eight months.
Learn about the methods of transportation necessary to accommodate premature birth, which is often an emergency event.
Read about family support teams, which may include a social worker, chaplain, patient rep, patient representative, and a bioethics consultant.
Read about the Apgar score, which assesses a newborn baby's well-being using five factors: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes and skin colour.
Read about infections and the immune system of premature babies. A premature baby is susceptible to infection because their immune system is immature.
What to do when a premature baby leaves the Hospital: A variety of important points for parents of premature babies to keep in mind.
Read about the causes and symptoms of neonatal seizures and how they are treated.
Life in the NICU can be stressful and is usually a challenge for parents. Acknowledging emotions and remaining communicative are good coping strategies during this difficult period.
Learn about the health-care team focused on caring for premature babies, all of which are experts at their assortment of specialized tasks.
Learn about diagnosing infection in premature babies. Antibiotics may be administered even before a diagnosis is made from blood cultures.
Read about various nutrition and feeding consultants, such as dietitians, who work to ensure that premature babies receive proper nutrition.
Learn about several types of lines and catheters that are used for vascular access on a premature baby. They are inserted into either a vein or an artery.
This page is an introduction to the Newborn Babies section of the Pregnancy & Babies resource centre. It gives definitions for "newborn" and "neonatal," both of which pertain to the first 28 days of life.
Find out about fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT), including its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
The Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic assesses babies who have been admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Cardiac Critical Care Unit (CCCU) and may be at risk for developmental issues. Learn about what you can expect during your baby's development and how you can help your child achieve developmental milestones.
Learn about lines and catheters. These devices create an artificial opening from the outside world to the body's blood circulation system.