Understanding the NICU Web App

Parents with limited time can utilize this web app to effectively educate themselves and their families in understanding the ins and outs of your baby's time in the NICU. This curriculum helps families feel supported and empowered throughout their NICU journey.

What you will learn

Importance of Breastmilk: Pumping and breastmilk information
NICU Staff & Equipment: First impressions, NICU team, communicating with NICU staff, medical equipment
Premature Babies: Defining prematurity, characteristics, behaviors, long-term development
Medical Conditions in the NICU: Common health conditions, additional syndromes and birth defects, if baby needs surgery
Interacting With Your Baby: Spending time together, healing touch, kangaroo care, reading cues, signs of overstimulation
Feeding Your Baby: What NICU babies eat, feeding methods, cue-based feeding, feeding at breast
Self-Care for NICU Parents: Emotions, physical self-care, getting support, siblings
Preparing for Discharge: Requirements for discharge, rooming-in, preparing for the trip home
Life at Home: Crying & comforting, feeding & feeding challenges, introducing solid food, safe sleep & sleep cycles, play & development

Web App Information

This curriculum is available as a downloadable web app, click below to buy now! After purchase a Blossom staff member will contact you within 48 business hours to provide you a code for web app access.

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DISCLAIMER. Photo credit: Images by Rosalinda, Lilia Faith Schwartz, Photographer, Devin Begley, and Christy Scherrer, bellymotherbaby
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