It’s that time of year again, when our thoughts turn to tiny hats and very small costumes. In other words, it’s Halloween, and...
Inside the NICU
Updates from Sunnybrook’s NICU families and staff.
The truly great
Today marked our third annual Butterfly Remembrance Ceremony for the Women and Babies Program at Sunnybrook. We were all so worried about the...
An invitation to our Butterfly Remembrance Ceremony
Every year on the second Sunday in September, the Women and Babies Program at Sunnybrook holds a Remembrance Ceremony in our Butterfly Garden to...
Routine NICU testing … routine to whom?
This post was adapted from a talk given in May at the wonderful Neonatal Advanced Practice Nursing Forum in Washington. We had a fantastic...
2015 Sunnybrook Preemie Picnic – our biggest ever!
Thank you. That is the first and most important thing we need to say. Thank you to all the volunteers who handed out food, signed people in (more...
Creativity and Kangaroo Care at UMass Memorial!
We have been receiving so much amazing material from hospitals who participated in the first Kangaroo Throw Down, and we want to keep sharing it with...
Kangaroo Throw Down … We have a WINNER!
At long last, we have the results of our Kangaroo Throw Down, which means we can now declare a winner! The truth is that every single hospital and...
Happy International Kangaroo Care Day!
Today, May 15th, marks the 4th annual International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day. Families, health care providers, hospitals, scientists...
Do you Kangaroo? An update on our Kangaroo Challenge
Many of you might already be aware of our Kangaroo Challenge that we issued two months ago to NICUs in Canada and the United States. We just wanted...
A best-selling author lends support to our NICU
You may wonder what connection Jennifer Robson, best-selling author of Somewhere in France and After the War is Over, has to our NICU. Her niece (and...