NICU Facts That Sound Made Up

NICU Facts That Sound Made Up You can’t wear perfume, body spray or heavily scented lotion around many NICU babies.. A baby's nappy can weigh less than a tablespoon of water so nurses weigh nappies instead of estimating output.. Some babies are too premature to cry loudly.. Parents have to wash and sanitise their hands when entering the NICU bays & before touching their baby.. Some babies in there forget to breathe.. Nurses may measure feedings down to fractions of a millimetre.. The incubator humidity can be higher than a tropical rainforest.. A baby's oxygen level can drop just being excited, crying or trying to feed.. Parents can learn to do things that initially look like jobs only nurses should be doing. Depending on the baby's condition, parents can be involved with nappy changes, washing, clothing changes, testing PH levels through an NG tube before feeding and skin to skin.