Hushabye Nursery’s “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” fundraising event returned for a second year to celebrate more than 800 babies and their families who have been assisted by the organization while raising $315,000 to support the Hushabye Nursery mission to embrace substance exposed babies and their caregivers with compassionate, evidence-based care that positively changes the course of their entire lives.
Thousands of babies are born each year to mothers who are using opioids. The newborns enter the world in withdrawal – some fussy and sweating, others struggling to feed. Now doctors have a new treatment. Mom.
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) refers to symptoms of withdrawal that babies may have if their mothers used or abused substances during pregnancy.
Providing comfort measures is always the first treatment for NAS.
Learn how to help an uncomfortable baby using some advanced swaddling and movement methods.
Listen to our story from Hushabye Nursery’s Founder, Tara Sundem, and President, Brandon Clark.