"For Those Who Hold the Littlest Hands" is a freely available colorful eBook resource for NICU parents with information, encouragement and resources to support NICU parents through their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit experience. In this complimentary eBook NICU parents can find information, support and resources for understanding more about the unfamiliar environment of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Intensive Care Nursery (ICN).

Also included in the NICU eBook are the normal, expected responses to a sudden challenge or life changing event as well as suggestions for getting through this challenging time to be available and support your newborn.

Benefit - It's a Short Resource

The Complimentary resource is a fairly short eBook (25 pages). The entire book can be read over a brief period of time (less than 30 minutes), over scattered shorter time intervals, or used as a reference when needed.

Our Story

The eBook was created based on my experiences with my youngest daughter as a resource that I would have liked to have at the time when we were NICU Parents.

You can read more about our story on our website in an article that I wrote several years ago: Observing Mother’s Day with Renewed Appreciation.

Table of Contents 

• Intro & Dedication
• Being the Parent of a NICU/ICN Baby
• Common Responses - Physical
• Common Responses - Emotional & Behavioral
• Focus on the Basics
• Surviving Your NICU Experience
• Ways of Interacting with Your Newborn
• More Ways of Interacting with Your Newborn
• Different People, Different Reactions to the Same Event
• Creating a Circle of Healing
• A Healing Blessing for Your NICU Baby
• CarePages - Holding a Loved One in Your Heart, Soul and Mind
• When to Seek More Support
• A Reminder to HAVE FAITH
• Additional Useful Resources
• Our Story
• About the Author

How to Get Your Own Copy

You can find out more about getting your copy of our Complimentary eBook on the NICU Parent Support website: http://nicuparentsupport.org/free_nicu_ebook.html

or here: http://www.squidoo.com/free-nicu-ebook/

You can access the eBook through either of these links.

Different Versions

The NICU eBook is available to download in several versions:

• Full color with the cover included - 336 kb
• Full color without the cover - 320 kb
• Black & White (to save on printer costs) - 302 kb

Look in the comment section where I posted the steps involved in accessing the Free NICU eBook.

Steps for Downloading Your Free NICU eBook

1. Click on the "Click Here for Your Complimentary NICU eBook" button.
2. Fill in the information on the form that you find on that page.
3. Receive a confirmation "Thank you" webpage message for completing the form.
4. Receive an email message to please confirm your email address for your complimentary NICU eBook.
5. Confirm your email address.
6. Receive a second confirmation "Thank you" webpage message for responding to the email message that lets you know you have.
7. Receive a second email message with the information on how to access your complimentary NICU eBook.
8. Follow the instructions to access the NICU eBook from the NICU Parent Support Website.
9. Get Your Copy of the Free NICU eBook and Bonus Healing Blessings.

Please don't let the number of steps deter you; they go fairly quickly.

Since publishing the book in Fall 2008, over 300 people have signed up to download this resource. 

Problems?

Let me know by email nicuparentsupport-at-gmail.com (replace -at- with @) http://www.nicuparentsupport.org/contact_nps.htm or send me a message through Type-A Mom message center if you are having any problems. 

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