Each bag includes:

  • A pair of MiniboosThese are incredible little things. Made from bamboo they are specially designed for premature babies in incubators. One of the miniboos stays with baby, the other is with mum, put inside her top. Every few hours the miniboos are swapped. This means baby can smell mum, and mum can smell baby. Not only is this incredibly comforting to the baby, but it helps to stimulate the production of mum’s milk. Then, mum can express milk (using the machine we donated to the ward a while ago!) and the baby can be fed from their mum! Amazing! Thank you to Cuski for their support and personalisation.
  • A Team Evie water bottle– The staff will continually tell mum to drink plenty of water while she is expressing milk, so we thought having a bottle on hand would help!
  • A Jomanda SheepA beautiful cuddly lamb, perfect for being held by tiny fingers, and a fitting animal due to Evie’s best cuddly friend being a lamb! Thank you to Jomanda for their support.
  • A pair of premature baby socksOne thing a parent preparing for their child’s birth will not be ready for if their child is born early is how tiny their feet are! We have included a couple of pairs of tiny socks so the babies can have lovely toasty feet! Thank you to Babyprem for their support.
  • A Team Evie notebookWe know from our experience how handy having a pen and paper available is when you are in hospital with your child. Writing endless lists and writing down what you want to ask the doctor…hopefully having the notepad will reduce a little of the stress…
  • An Adult Colouring Book and Felt Tip PensParents who have a child in SCBU spend hours sat beside their incubator or cot, and it is a very worrying time. Providing these resources to help distract and calm parents has been advised by Bliss and we are proud to include them in our Parent Bags!
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