Hushabye Nursery Articles and News

Hushabye Nursery’s AmeriCorps partnership gives future health workers hands-on experience caring for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Fabulous Arizona named Hushabye Nursery its Nonprofit of the Month. The feature shows how founder Tara Sundem’s care model has helped more than 1,100 opioid-exposed newborns and their families since 2020. Sundem talks about breaking down stigma and the nursery’s 2026 goals. She also shares how the community can get involved before the Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Gala on Nov. 7.

For thirty years, neonatal nurse practitioner Tara Sundem watched newborns go through opioid withdrawal under bright lights, separated from their mothers, and for a long time she believed those mothers had brought it on themselves.

ABC15’s Uplifting Arizona marks Hushabye Nursery’s five-year anniversary. Since opening in 2020, the Phoenix nursery has cared for more than 1,100 substance-exposed babies in a calm, safe setting. It has also grown to offer parenting and recovery support for moms and dads.

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.

AZFamily covers the new Mom and Baby Mobile Health Center from March of Dimes. The clinic brings prenatal care to underserved Phoenix communities, with or without insurance. ASU’s Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation and Wesley Community and Health Centers are partners, and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Arizona funds it. Every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the clinic parks at Hushabye Nursery on McDowell Road.

Hushabye Nursery in Phoenix offers one-on-one care for opioid-dependent newborns going through the painful process of drug withdrawals. It is one of the few recovery centers of its kind helping moms, and caretakers, too, who are actively trying to get clean.

We were honored to be featured on ABC 15 where our founder Tara Sundem shares how we put this mission into practice!

Hushabye Nursery partnered with The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation on a dollar-for-dollar $1 million match to support inpatient detox and recovery for infants experiencing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). The campaign concluded on April 18, 2023, and raised over $2.2 million, including the $1 million match from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation.

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.

Video of Hushabye Nursery in Phoenix helping parents and babies exposed to drugs recover and get back on their feet. Jen Wahl has the details on 12News.com.

Most babies with NAS are treated in the neonatal intensive care unit. NICU teams do amazing work, and countless families owe their children’s lives to those dedicated nurses and doctors. But NICUs are not set up to treat babies with NAS. Hushabye Nursery in Phoenix is. NAS is what they treat. It’s all they treat. 24/7.

Hushabye Nursery is excited to announce a $100,000 grant from Thunderbirds Charities help us care for the tiniest victims of the opioid crisis – babies born withdrawing from opioids they were exposed to in the womb (NAS) – and their parents who are struggling with opioid use disorder.

In central Phoenix, Hushabye Nursery is home to babies born withdrawing from addictive substances they were exposed to in the womb. They spend their first days of life in dimly lit rooms equipped with cribs, changing tables and adult-size beds so their parents, many of whom are still in recovery, can stay with them. Framed prints on the walls read: Inhale. Exhale.

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.

Hushabye Nursery HOPPE Classes Go Online.

Accurate use of terminology is an often overlooked aspect of the treatment and awareness surrounding Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.

We are so excited to announce our partnership with Fry’s Community Rewards Program!