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Online neonatal pathways
Online learning pathways to support families of preterm and sick babies in NICUs
Specialist information to help support closer relationships for baby and family emotional resilience. Co-designed with neonatal consultant and clinical psychologist, Dr Davy Evans.
Understanding your preterm or sick baby in hospital
6 Stages
Understanding your preterm or sick baby now you’re home
13 Stages
Understanding your preterm or sick baby
Dr Davy Evans explains why he helped create this important support for families experiencing neonatal care.
Understanding your preterm or sick baby in hospital
Join this pathway to find ideas and techniques for nurturing wellbeing for you and your NICU baby. You’ll learn from care specialists, mental health experts and other parents with shared experience.
“I feel more bonded with my baby now after I have completed this pathway.”
Feedback from parent
By following this pathway, you will learn about:
- Your emotional wellbeing
- Understanding the NICU ward and hospital environment
- The role of fathers and partners
- Coping with uncertainty
- Your baby’s development
- Feelings around bringing baby home
- Practical preparations for discharge
- Feeding your baby
- Comforting your baby
Understanding your preterm or sick baby now you’re home
Settling in at home after discharge from hospital can be challenging after NICU. Learn with us to build your confidence in soothing, feeding, and settling at home. Understand more about early brain development and parenting ideas to help you both to thrive.
“I have learned so many new things about my baby, this [pathway] is really helpful.”
Feedback from parent
By following this pathway, you will learn about:
- Adjusting to being at home
- Understanding your baby’s brain and development
- Understanding how your baby communicates with you
- Ways to respond to your baby’s cries
- Healthy sleep patterns
- Understanding feeding patterns and cues
- The important role dads and partners play
- Your baby’s emotional and physical milestones
- Childcare for your baby
For fathers
Dads, this is for you too. These learning pathways will help you to understand the newborn care provided in hospital and what your baby needs when settling in at home. Understanding the early stages of development will build your confidence to be there for your baby and your partner. Your relationship will be one of the most important to help your baby thrive, so the pathways have tailored sections for you, too!
For grandparents
These learning pathways accessible for everyone. We know how important grandparents are in supporting parent and baby to thrive. You can make a big difference whilst baby is still in hospital and adjusting to being at home.
We’re here to help you understand and nurture your relationship with your adult child as well as your grandchild.
A hand to hold throughout your parenting journey
Siblings or older children of babies experiencing neonatal care may wonder what’s going on and need support themselves. Sibling responsibilities can feel hard to manage alongside hospital visits.
Togetherness is a hand to hold throughout your parenting. Build confidence, resilience and emotional awareness at every age with tailored pathways. You will learn about development, behaviour, communication and lots more.