Kangaroo Care for Premature Babies in the NICU
Innovative i-Rainbow guide helps parents and caregivers know when the time is right for vital skin-to-skin care.
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NICU Sims Set Stage for Lifesaving Care
ResusOne NICU simulation training ensures labor and delivery team is expertly prepared for complex deliveries.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Leaps for Joy as We Celebrate Leap Year Babies
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health celebrates Leap Day babies
Stanford Children’s ‘Baby Whisperer’ Celebrates 24 Years of Comforting and Supporting Infants and Their Parents
Sue Moses is a volunteer cuddler at Stanford Children’s Health and is known to many as the ‘baby whisperer’ because of the way she is able to calm babies.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Welcomes First Baby of 2024
Baby Garcia arrives early to celebrate the new year with parents.
Expert High-Risk Pregnancy Care Gets Mom to the Vital 23-Week Mark
Compassionate in-depth fetal counseling helps family make the best decision for them.
These NICU Grads Are All Grown Up
Nearly 800 children and their families met up for the 38th NICU/ICN grad party at Packard Children’s to reunite with the caregivers who saved them.
The Novel Idea of Reading to Infants: How an Annual Reading Program Helps NICU Babies and Caregivers
George Rivosecchi says Stanford Medicine Children’s Health NICU Reading Program provides him and his daughter a great bonding experience.
Creating a Safe Sleep Environment for Your Baby
Two experts break down what parents need to know about a new safety alert from the Food and Drug Administration and updated safe sleep guidelines.
Philip Sunshine, 92, a founder of neonatal medicine, retires from caring for babies
When Philip Sunshine, MD, now a professor emeritus of pediatrics, arrived at Stanford as a… Read more »
Do’s and Don’ts During the Infant Formula Shortage
While strides are being made to address the formula shortage, an expert provides guidance to parents who are wondering what to do.
Increasing Rates of Kangaroo Care for Everyone
At Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, a team of neonatologists are tackling health equity—making sure every patient has the same opportunity to be healthy—especially when it comes to kangaroo care (holding your baby with your skin touching).
Changing Infant Care to Improve Newborns’ Health in India
Modifying traditional infant massages led to more weight gain and fewer illnesses among newborns in a Stanford-led community study in India.
Twins Born on “Twosday” at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
Twins Mihika and Mishika Adlakha were born on a palindrome “Twosday” – 2/22/22 at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Welcomes First Baby of 2022
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford rang in 2022 by welcoming its first New Year’s baby on Saturday morning at 8:42 a.m.
When Should a Parent Be Concerned With a Baby’s Noisy Breathing?
ENT specialist Jocelyn Kohn, MD, discusses laryngomalacia.
Snuggling Your Newborn Against Your Skin Not Only Feels Good—It’s Doing Good
Our expert neonatologist-researcher and director of small baby-unit addresses the most common questions about the benefits of skin-to-skin care in this Q&A article.
