TMH celebrates holidays with NICU babies
Dec 24, 2024
The NICU babies arrived at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and got a holiday makeover just in time for the holidays. These little miracles are growing stronger daily and preparing for their first Christmas. As they work toward going home soon, we spoke with Nicole Duncan, director of Children's Services, who shared what TMH has planned for this special time of yearWe have one of our nurses who several years ago, Amanda, started a great program that allows, we get parental permission first, of course. And then we have all kinds of costumes that all the NICU nurses work together. And they put these little babies in costumes and are able to post them on social media so thats one of the fun things we do to kind of since they cant have their baby home with them and they are able to celebrate here, so thats one thing we do in the NICU. Also in pediatrics, weve already done a couple of things, weve had both the fire department and the police department dressed as Santa so again, thats a big hit for our kids who have to be here during the holiday season.Duncan said programs like these help parents and children feel celebrated and give them something to look forward to this Christmas.