[Culture & Entertainment] How knitted octopus toys are helping to save tiny premature babies' lives in hospital...

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Mirror.co.uk​

How knitted octopus toys are helping to save tiny premature babies' lives in hospital incubators
Mirror.co.uk
As any family who has had a premature baby will be painfully aware, the period of time in between baby being born and being strong enough to go home is one of the most difficult periods a parent can go through. So you'll try anything which promises to ...


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Scunthorpe Telegraph​

Get clicking at crochet to support Octopus Project for premature babies
Scunthorpe Telegraph
HELPING HANDS: Pippa Curtin is fundraising for Sands and Action Medical Research after losing her baby daughter last year. She is also asking peopel to get behind the Octopus Project. From left, health care assistant Leanne Wilson, staff nurse Emily ...


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Bournemouth Echo​

Crocheted octopi comfort preemies in hospital NICU
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"When we heard about the difference a cuddly octopus can make to our tiny babies we were impressed and, after research, eager to introduce them to our little patients. It's incredible that something so simple can comfort a baby and help them feel ...
Oh baby! One Poole woman's octopus therapy to help premature babiesBournemouth Echo

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Today.com​

NICU babies: Hospital gives stuffed octopus toys to preemies ...
Today.com
One hospital in Dorset, England has stumbled upon an unusual way of making tiny premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) feel safe and ...
Premature Babies Given Crochet Octopus To Help With RecoveryCounsel & Heal
Oh baby! One Poole woman's octopus therapy to help premature ...Bournemouth Echo
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National Right to Life News​

A crochet octopus is helping premature babies thrive | NRL News ...
National Right to Life News
In February of 2013 in Denmark, a group of volunteers began what is known as The Octo Project. They crochet adorable octopi that are helping premature ...
Crocheted octopi comfort preemies in hospital NICU | FOX6Now.comfox6now.com
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Echo​

How octopus could help tots
Echo
Maureen Barnes, Matron for Women and Children's Directorate at Southend Hospital, said: “The crocheted octopus is a fairly new initiative being trialled in several level 3 Neonatal Units that look after extremely pre-term babies across the country.


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Worcester News​

Appeal to knit octopuses for premature babies at Worcestershire Royal Hospital's NICU
Worcester News
The 29-year-old said: "He was really bad at ripping his tubes out at first but now, rather than that, he plays with the octopus a lot more. "It gives him comfort. If the mum keeps it close to her it can smell like her which gives them even more comfort ...

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Mothership.sg​

Group of S'pore ladies makes toy octopuses for premature babies in ...
Mothership.sg
They pay for the material out of their own pockets, and work with hospitals too. By Tanya Ong | April 4, 2018. Insta My A*s … Events · Treasures of the Natural World. 25 November 2017 - 29 April 2018, -. ArtScience Museum · Voilah! 2018. 01 April 2018 ...

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