NICU Resources for Parents & Families

In this section, find helpful information and reference materials related to your child's stay in the NICU.

Arriving to the NICU

• NICU Family Resource Packet
• Team Roles
• NICU Dictionary

Throughout Your NICU Stay

• Ideas for bonding with your baby
• How to play with babies
• The 5 S’s
• Volunteer Program
• Mental Health Resources
• My mental health plan
• Breastfeeding and Pumping Resources
• Building a Breast Milk Supply

Discharging from the NICU

• NICU Transition Care Guide
• Storage and Transportation of Breast Milk
• How to Mix Formula

Parent to Parent – NICU Family Partnership Council

• Parenting in the NICU
• Navigating the NICU
• Resources and Support
• NICU Family Partnership Council Information
• Lurie Children’s ParentWISE program

Additional Resources & Support

Visit the following helpful and physician-recommended websites to learn more about neonatology: