Happy Prematurity Day to our Aurora and Victoria, and to all the preemies around the world! You inspire us with your strength and willingness to live your very best life! #prematurityawarenessmonth #celebration #twins #gratitude #NHS #proudmama #nicu #strongtwins #28weekers

Back in 2013 Loewy et al. aimed to investigate the impact of live music on premature infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) The key findings of the study included: ❤️ Positive Impact on Vital Signs 🍼 Improvement in Feeding 😴 Enhanced Sleep Patterns #MusicHealth

There are still some places available on the Bayley 4 course at UCLH on the 18th-19th January 2024, apply here: uclhcharitycourses.com/courses/bayley…

We are delighted to share with you all 4 Psychologically Informed Neonatal Care (PINC) e-learning modules are live on the NHS Learning hub and ESR e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/psy… Just 30 mins each showing you how to put theory into practice on your units straight away. Please share/RT

Please take a look at our new Enhanced e-learningcourse, complementing the ‘Introduction to Neonatal Palliative Care’ course. Adapted from our textbook ‘Neonatal Palliative Care for Nurses’ @duncan_CNSE Gareth Jones 💙 🌟 Kath Evans RGN RSCN 💙💛 Roisin louiseweaverlowe Julia Petty Emily Harrop

Don’t miss reading December’s newsletter where we continue our theme of Together and reflect on the role of co-production in Ei SMART. Parents are represented at all levels in EISMART - read about how we implement co-production. Cerebral Palsy Cymru Dr Mari Viviers London Neonatal ODN @LondonAHPs

Christmas joy for our NICU! Meet Penelope, 350g birthweight 23+1, surviving twin🦋 of Maximillian😪, discharged home yesterday, just in time for Christmas. Congratulations to her family! She’s one of world’s tiniest surviving babies, and record lightest @nicunnuh1 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals to date.

EiSMART in Vietnam! Read all about our Stepping Stone to Intervention project with neonatologists in Vietnam in our January newsletter out now!

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📝Parents & Carers : opportunity to give your opinion on pathway development & vocal fold assessment for your child ENT UK North West Voice CEN WENTS UK - Women in ENT Surgery UK UKSRG ESSD SLT Upper Airway CEN

Maternal singing during vaccination in 2-4 month olds ✅significantly lower movement indexes (p = 0.032) ✅marginally significantly lower cry indexes (p = 0.076) A little singing may go a long way! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38264948/ #neotwitter

It’s children’s Mental health week. Simple, positive sensory moments – talking and listening to each other, hugs, cuddles, those precious moments when you look into a baby’s eyes- all help a baby’s emotional wellbeing and future mental health.

Exciting News…we are launching our new parent information leaflet on protecting babies from screen time; a collaboration between Brazelton Centre UK & EiSMART. This leaflet is packed with tips & advice on how to limit screen time for your little ones & promote healthy development.

Our July Newsletter is now available and packed information, including our Screen Time Leaflet published in joint partnership with Brazelton Centre UK mailchi.mp/eismart/ei-sma…

I’m delighted to share this new truly collaborative framework. Babies & their families will surely benefit from the guidance as will the teams caring for them.TY to all who contributed National Neonatal Palliative Care Project Neonatal Nurses Association (NNA) Bliss Baby Charity Together for Short Lives True Colours Trust CW+ charity Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Our EiSMART foundation level training off to a great start this morning! Our first session shows how parents meet Dr Angela Huertas as equal partners in discussing their child’s future. What are their questions? What’s important to parents? Our unique training leads the way!