The below resources can be useful while your newborn is in the NICU and when they’re home.
Video Resources
Watch videos from our NICU Baby Guide for Parents series:
- Caring for Your Baby at Home
- Feeding Your Preemie Baby at Home
- Tummy Time and Other Strength Building Exercises for Baby
- Infant Massage
- Developmental Milestones
- Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention
- Baby's Temperature
- Umbilical Cord Care
- What’s in Your Baby’s Diaper?
- Circumcision Care
- Bathing Your Baby
- Infection Prevention
- Car Seat Safety
- Your Baby’s Hospital Discharge
- Parent Resources and Contacts
Car Seats
Care at Home
- Colic
- Diaper rash
- Influenza (Flu)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (a highly contagious, seasonal lung infection)
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- What to Do If Your Infant Falls Off the Bed or Changing Table
- When to Call the Doctor for Your Newborn Baby
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Feeding
- Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding: How to Establish a Good Milk Supply
- Feeding Your Baby: The First Year
- Preparing and Storing Baby Formula
Growth and Development
- Ages & Stages
- How Can I Tell When My Baby Is Tired?
- Kangaroo care
- Newborn Care in the Hospital
- Sleep in Your Baby's First Year
- Tummy time
- When and How to Sleep Train Your Baby
Immunizations and Well-Checks