Helpful Links

Check out the links below for information related to preemies, high risk babies, toddlers and parenting high risk children. Watch this space as we are always finding and sharing new information that might be helpful for our sweet babies and their families!

COMMUNITY

Gillettte Children’s Complex Care: Complex care at Gillette focuses on centralizing and coordinating care for children and young adults who have chronic and complex medical conditions.

Minnesota Neonatal Physicians: A neonatal practice that delivers state-of-the-art diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care for extremely premature and medically fragile neonates.

Minnesota Neonatal Foundation: It is the mission of Minnesota Neonatal Foundation to create a space of comfort and support for our patients, families, and staff that holistically takes into account the heart, mind, and spirit in the healing process.

SOCIAL

Blog - Hand to Hold: Hand to Hold helps families before, during, and after a NICU stay and infant loss by providing powerful resources for the whole family, and most importantly, one-on-one mentoring from someone who has been there.

Blog - Our Life After NICU: This blog, written by his mother, highlights the eventful NICU journey of a little boy who spent 6 and a half months in the NICU.

ADVOCACY

Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota: It is the mission of the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota to empower individuals and families, to create community and celebrate the abilities of people with Down syndrome.

Joshin: Joshin is an on-demand special needs care service and their team is committed to providing high quality disability care, and believe fun is an important part of the equation.

DEVELOPMENT

Bright Futures: The primary goal of Bright Futures implementation is to support primary care practices (medical homes) in providing well-child and adolescent care according to Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents.