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12 sty 2024 · Premature babies can benefit from a pacifier. Here are the best small preemie pacifiers for babies to use in the NICU and when they come home from the hospital.
Designed for the needs of premature babies and newborns. Designed as one-piece pacifiers that adhere to AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) recommendations. Low profile shield accommodates CPAP, nasogastric tubes and nasal cannulas.
The Preemie Soothie is designed to provide a superior fit for newborn babies for use during their hospital stay. The notched area allows space for tubing from CPAP, mechanical ventilation or tube feeding. Its one-piece construction meets stringent American Academy of Pediatrics guide- lines.
See How You Can Participate in the Care of Your Baby in the NICU. Spend as much time with her in the special-care nursery as your condition—and hers—permit. Even if you can't hold her yet (until she's stable), touch her often.
The Wee Thumbie is one of the first pacifiers designed specifically for use by very low birth weight babies. It is modeled after the size and shape of the preemie thumb, facilitating the important sucking behaviors normally learned in utero.
Harriet Miller, Ph.D, ARNP, is a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies. After years of working around preemies she developed the special pacifier after noticing that the tiniest of her patients in the NICU did not have a voice.
25 kwi 2021 · Prematurity deprives infants of the prenatal sensory stimulation essential to their correct development; in addition, the stressful environment of the NICU impacts negatively on their growth.
