Childrens Hospital Los Angeles -- Center for Newborn and Infant Critical Care

Welcome to the parents' pages at the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Center for Newborn and Infant Critical Care (CNICC). We hope this introduction will be helpful to those parents having sick babies in the CNICC. Also, besides these parents-specific web pages, please consider taking a look at those web pages describing the CNICC to all web visitors -- general CNICC.

Welcome Letter »

Breast Feeding »
Includes a guide on collecting breast milk at CHLA, methods of pumping and saving the milk for babies too sick or too premature to breast feed.

Equipment Tour »
Includes pictures of types of cribs where babies sleep; monitors, respirators, and the many things that are placed on sick babies while they are in the process of getting better.

Glossary of Common CNICC Medical Problems »
Not to be a substitute for having professionals explain in their words what illness or problem a baby has, this list of medical conditions commonly requiring babies to be in the CNICC is helpful for parents to understand the problem and to ask further questions.

CHLA ECMO Information »
This is specifcally for parents who have a baby on ECMO in the CNICC.

Listing of Parent Links »
This list of internet links designed for parents may be helpful in finding useful information that may answer questions about sick neonates.