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  • Developmental care round includes all babies born under 30 weeks gestation. It aims to promote parent/baby bonding, normal behaviour patterns and feeding regimes. This is very important for parents and their babies who have been sick in Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU).

     

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    The developmental Care round is vital in providing parent education and assists in babies reaching their developmental milestones. This round occurs weekly in the nursery and involves a multidisciplinary team.

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