THIS PAGE HAS PHOTOS OF BABIES IN THE NICU AND ARE INTENDED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY WE ARE SORRY IF THEY CAUSE ANY DISTRESS TO FAMILIES.

• Premature babies and poorly newborn babies have different care needs to that of a newborn baby.
• They are very vunerable not only due to their size but gestation period, organ development ie tiny lungs not working on their own and not being being able to breathe on their own.Early babies very prone to catching germs, bacteria and infections and in a very tiny baby can even prove life threatening.
•  That is why the nursing staff will do all they can to give your baby the best possible start whilst being cared for in a seperate unit from you called the NICU/SCBU.Some units prefer your baby to be unclothed so wires can be attached to a little body as quick as a flash usually in the NICU neonatal intensive care unit.The sickest of babies are cared for here so it is more important that baby has 24 hr close monitoring than being dressed for best.

 When baby becomes more stable in the HDU High dependancy unit baby can then be dressed in light clothes but remember the nursing staff need to get access to certain baby's body parts so they can apply wires, nassal canulars to help baby breathe easier,give medicines and also change your baby's nappy etc.

• When your baby is allocated to a special care baby unit close to your home or the nearest one which has the best facilitites to that meets your baby's nursing care needs.You can choose wether to dress your baby in the hospitals handouts or use your own.Items get lost and sometimes the nursing staff dress baby what ever is at hand in the appropriate size.they may not be to your taste even.
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• THIS IS WHEN NANNY NICU NICU or HD coded clothes can be used.

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• if you think of traffic lights red mens danger (NICU pooliest of babies) Amber means get ready (HD poorly baby getting slightly better)Green means ready to go (SC sick baby ready to go into special care) Blue (HT Baby all clear ready for home Yippee!)

Case Study 1.

"After my own nephew was in the scbu and his own clothes weren't touched we felt dissapointed to see little Joshua dressed in a green outfit that didnt fit him, it was threadbare and embarrasing as if we couldn't afford to dress him in comfortable attractive clothes that fit him".

Case study 2.

Not much available on the high street shops in smaller premature sized baby clothes that fit tiny babies.

Research, and investigations.

"The Nicu staff have told us which premature baby clothes make their job more difficult to tend to your sick baby and which type of tiny baby clothes make their job much easier to give your baby direct nursing and care needs. Especially as there is so little available and after looking after so many babies in their care".

Case study 3.

News facts in 2008-2009.

• Tiny babies are prone to infections so the last thing a baby needs in special care is to contract a serious super bug infection which can be life threatening.
   
   
   
   
• More and more nicu wards closing due to MRSA ,Strep B and other hospital aqquired infections..
   

  After the research and consultations Cheeky Chums wanted to design a new range of clothes especially for use in the special care baby units.

  Created for teeny tiny babies born premature and the sizes would be more realistic.For low birth weight babies and babies born poorly.

"We wanted to make sure what ever we came up with would be"

 
• Unique,safe,soft and comfortable,
• fit and made in accordance with realistic body sizes
• clothes which mummy would be proud for baby to wear
• clothes produced would be easy dress and easy accessible for nursing care, in prem sized and also for newborns full term in scbu baby wear.
   
   
   

More about Nanny Nicu clothing sets

1. Which babies can use Nanny Nicu sets? Nanny Nicu sets are for babies weighing 1lb and upwards up to 12lbs. babies with birth defects such as Hydrocephalus.Or Anencephaly also catered for (just supply head measurements) and we will design the hat for baby too.Especially created for premature,preemie babies in America and also worldwide. For low birth weight babies,poorly babies up to 12lb early baby, tiny baby and a micro prem baby.
2. What does the clothing system do exactly ? Each clothing set is made for any one of the 3 special care baby units your baby made be cared for in.As you baby will have different care needs in each of these units your baby may need different clothing to help the nursing staff care for your little one easier.For example a baby in the most dependent of the care units known as the NICU neonatal intensive care unit may not need any clothes or wear minimal clothing.The incubator in which baby is looked after in keeps baby warm and stable as if baby is still in the womb.Your baby may need to hav