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NEW Developmental Group for Hawkes Bay
Our aim is to provide support to neonatal families through the stress and anxiety of their journey which extends not only from the time they are in the neonatal unit but to the years which follow. We are proud to announce a brand new Developmental Support group for those in the Hawkes Bay Region.! We've…
Valerie Adams discusses her fears
Double Olympic gold medallist Dame Valerie Adams says it felt "wrong" to be separated from her newborn baby, who was whisked off to an incubator after his premature birth in March. When the champion shot putter went into labour with her second baby five weeks early, her obstetrician instructed her to "get straight to the hospital", she…
Women of Influence supreme winner Jane Harding
Celebrated medical professor Jane Harding was named the supreme winner at the 2019 Women of Influence Awards, for her contribution to neonatal hypoglycaemia research. Harding was one of several women "who often fly under the radar" honoured at at the seventh annual Women of Influence awards at the Auckland Town Hall on Thursday evening. The University of Auckland's Liggins Institute professor has studied…
Happy Social Play – New support resource
Working with Baby Sensory, we're pleased to announce a new support resource Happy Social Play. This resource uses the research based material of Baby Sensory and follows the resource on 'Essentials of Baby Play' Happy social play has an essential role in building self-esteem, confidence, creativity, imagination, language, problem solving skills and knowledge of the world. It is…
Neonatal November 2019
In 2017 we softly launched 'Neonatal November'. One of the key drivers for this was to have a wider period of time to raise awarness of neonatal journeys. In addition, we were conscious that there are many full-term neonatal journeys each year (ie the full-term babies with health issues and/or complications) and we wanted to widen beyond…
Activity across New Zealand in October 2019
AUCKLAND Mums Morning Tea EVERY Tuesday at 10.30am in the Mums room in NICU. Come and along to chat with one of our Lactation Consultants and other NICU Mums as well as enjoy some home baking provided by one of our ex-NICU Mums. Coffee Confidential Our coffee group with a ‘twist’. The purpose of the…
A Fathers Day pick me up!
Fathers day is a special day for many. For hundreds of families on Sunday 1st September, their memories will be different to most. There are over 360 incubators and cots in neonatal units across New Zealand. While the unit is the best place for the care of their baby (or babies, in the case of multiples) they…
Giving 1 percent
The Little Miracles Trust are proud to be supported by One Percent Collective, a fantastic not-for-profit Kiwi organisation that makes it easy for anyone to donate one percent of their income to charity. Founder, Pat Shepard was recently interviewed by Stuff in regards to New Zealand's philanthropic culture which you can read here HOW DOES IT WORK FOR THE…
Lights, Santa and… an Enormous Reindeer
Lights, Santa and... an Enormous Reindeer Nathan and Rochelle are proof that a big dream, a lot of time, planning and some hard mahi can make a spectacular difference to not only a neighbourhood, but to a whole town! To say that these two have a thing for Christmas, falls way short of the mark!…
Activity across New Zealand in September 2019
AUCKLAND Mums Morning Tea EVERY Tuesday at 10.30am in the Mums room in NICU. Come and along to chat with one of our Lactation Consultants and other NICU Mums as well as enjoy some home baking provided by one of our ex-NICU Mums. Coffee Confidential Our coffee group with a ‘twist’. The purpose of the…
Ava's birth story – 34wks
As told by mum, Sam I am writing Ava’s story on this, her 9th birthday. It’s hard to believe it was 9 years ago that our little girl came into the world at 34 weeks and 2 days weighing 2100g. Our neonatal journey started on Tuesday 20th July 2010. Late that morning I went for…
Tummy Time
Working with Baby Sensory, we're pleased to announce a new support resource "Tummy Time". This resource uses the research based material of Baby Sensory and follows the resource on 'Essentials of Baby Play' Did you know that Tummy time is an essential aspect of development from birth? It promotes: • Healthy development of the central nervous system and…