CARING FOR YOUR BABY

Tal' to our bab ( let the# hear our !oice& Chan$e our bab )s diaper or bathe the#& *entl place our hands around his head and %eet to help hi# %eel secure" #assa$e" touch and use slow $entle #o!e#ents& +ispla %a#il pictures ,ta with our bab /child durin$ procedures and tests& Position our bab and per%or# $entle e-ercises .use bounc seat or the crib/& 0et the# hold our %in$er or hand& As' to decrease the noise in the roo#& Help the# brin$ their hands to %ace or #outh& Place paci%ier in to their lips so the can suc' on it& ,hade their %ace %ro# bri$ht li$ht& Hold our bab s'in1 to1s'in .2an$aroo1 care/&

CARING FOR YOUR CHILD YOUR CHILD

Tal' to our child and let the# e-press %ears and concerns& Encoura$e and participate in pla with %a!orite to s" !ideo $a#es or cra%t acti!ities& Ta'e our child on a wal' in the hallwa & 3rin$ and displa pictures" posters and drawin$s %ro# %a#il and %riends& Help with h $iene needs& Encoura$e !isitation %ro# siblin$s and peers& 3rin$ %a!orite ite#s such as blan'ets" pa4a#as" to s and board/!ideo $a#es& ,ta with our child durin$ procedures" #edication ad#inistration and tests& Help our child $o to sleep b readin$ a boo' or tellin$ a stor & Pro#ote positi!e interactions with

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How to Parent in HOW TO PARENT IN THE PICU

Most parents are not sure how to be a parent to a child/bab who is in Intensi!e Care" but there are #an thin$s ou can do to help us care %or our child& Please as' the nursin$ sta%% %or assistance to see how ou can help&

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Here at +u'e Hospital we belie!e that %a#il is the child)s #ost i#portant source o% stren$th and support" there%ore ou are the #ost i#portant person o% the tea#& 3 bein$ present and in!ol!ed in our child)s care ou are o%%erin$ our son or dau$hter the #ost i#portant $i%t 1 %eelin$ sa%e and lo!ed& We want to e#phasi;e" that e!en i% our child is asleep or unable to #o!e because o% tubes and #edical e<uip#ent" there are still wa s to %ul%ill our role as a parent& 7our child will $ain #uch co#%ort %ro# the touch o% our hand" the sound o% our !oice and the %a#iliar wa s that ou help hi# or her throu$h %ear and pain& We reco$ni;e that with newborns babies" bein$ in the Intensi!e Care Unit #a'es bondin$ with our bab challen$in$" there%ore it is i#portant to %ind wa s to introduce oursel% to our bab & 3abies learn to reco$ni;e !oices %irst and our !oice will be the one constant %or our bab & We encoura$e parents/%a#il to spend as #uch ti#e with their children as the are able and the unit is open throu$hout all the ti#es o% the da and ni$ht" We welco#e parents on #ornin$ and e!enin$ rounds= we encoura$e ou to as' <uestions and be acti!e participants on the healthcare tea#& Than' ou %or allowin$ us to care %or ou and our child&