Holden Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Confidence

"The staff at Holden helped me keep up confidence when times got tough."

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Step 6 - Awake / alert for first suckling. May take one or two sucks, or have a sucking burst of five to fifteen sucks, with long pauses between sucking bursts, or may take a few sucks and come off breast.

Welcome to the Holden NICU

Some babies, both those born prematurely & full-term, need special help to adjust to their new lives. They need different kinds of care than is normally given. Your doctor asked that your baby be admitted to the Holden Intensive Care Nursery for this special care.