Learn how to effectively keep your baby safe when using baby equipment, including change tables, cribs, strollers, carriers/slings, playpens and more.
Although many premature babies do not encounter any academic problems, some do. For example, up to 50% of very low birth weight (VLBW) babies will have some problems in school by Grade 3.
Learn what meconium is and what meconium-related conditions can occur in newborns.
Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.
Play gives babies the opportunity for social interaction and learning. Find examples of appropriate toys for hospitalized babies from birth to 12 months.
Learn about the importance of routine health care. Also find information about the importance of sleep and physical activity and how much your child should be getting.
Learn about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.
Read about various behavioral problems that premature babies may develop as they grow. In general, the most premature babies are more at risk.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Your baby will go through many changes in their first year of life. Find out how their nutrition needs change and how you can support their physical development, communication and transition to other caregivers.
While DDH cannot always be prevented, there are hip healthy practices that may reduce the risk of developing DDH. Read about the practices and equipment that may help.
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.
Very premature babies are at risk for metabolic bone disease, a condition that affects their bone health and increases the risk of fractures.
Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Read about the sensory systems, sensory development in the first 18 months of a baby’s life and how your baby may be influenced by sensation. Suggestions such as gentle rocking, skin to skin contact, swinging and movement input are provided.
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 about the common causes of chronic lung disease in premature babies and the ways to diagnose and treat it.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
Learn about what a premature baby needs to eat and how they can get proper nutrition.
The recommendations in this article are for parents who are expressing and storing breast milk for their hospitalized babies. Breast milk acts as a medicine in babies who are sick or premature, and has the right nutritional balance for your baby.
Learn all about your newborn baby's eyesight, hearing, and senses of taste, touch and smell.
Read about the various health-care team members who care for babies admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Read about apnea of prematurity, which is a condition in which premature babies take unusually long pauses (usually more than 20 seconds) between breaths.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) in newborn babies.
