La-Z-Boy chairs support Wellington and Lower Hutt units
The Little Miracles Trust recently presented 12 new lazy boy chairs for our parents to use in the Wellington Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Special Care Baby Unit in Lower Hutt Hospital for parents to use for precious kangaro cuddles.
Many thanks to this gorgeous mum and her new baby for modeling these great chairs!
KANGAROO CUDDLES
Kangaroo cuddling (skin-to-skin cuddles) is great for both parents and their babies. Babies generally improve when they’re being held by their parents and multiple studies have proven that it has a number of benefits for parents and forbabies including:
- Fewer breathing problems
- Faster weight gain
- Less energy-wasting fidgeting
- A more constant body temperature
Plus, as parents spend many hours in these chairs, we want to make sure their neonatal journey is as comfortable as possible.
To learn more about Kangaroo Cuddles, head to this page. (Our Support resource available here as a PDF)
Thanks so much for sharing your personal story!
We get a lot of positive feedback from families in a neonatal unit who read these stories and feel strength, hope and positivity knowing that they are not alone going through these experiences and feeling certain emotions.
If you would like to discuss sharing the story of your neonatal journey, we’d love to hear from you.
Support Us
If you want to help our support of families going through the stress and anxiety of a neonatal journey, you can donate via the link below.
- The Little Miracles Trust provides support to families of premature or sick full-term babies as they make their journey through Neonatal Intensive Care, the transition home, and onwards. We do not receive any Government funding and are entirely reliant on the generosity of individuals, companies and organisations in the form of donations, value-in-kind donations, grants, sponsorship and fundraising events to supplement operating costs and fund our services and initiatives.
- As we are a registered charity (CC56619) with Charities Services New Zealand we will send you an IRD compliant tax receipt – this will happen automatically by return email.