Love For Lily

Programs: Lasting love: post-nicu moms group - lasting love is a mom's group designed especially for nicu mom's & their babes for one year after discharge. Providing; relevant topics and information to nicu mamas; a community of kindness, compassion and shared experience; and safe space for immune suppressed babies. This is an inclusive community, all mamas & nicu babies are welcome: open to breastfeeding, formula feeding & pumping! No matter which hospital you were served in you are welcome.

nicu love: in-unit support group - love for lily provides facilitated support groups for parents. We alternate weekly between moms group and family group. At each group skills are built to support families in thriving during their nicu and beyond; providing a safe space to talk about and process your birth experience, nicu journey, and all of the many challenges and hurdles that one may experience in the nicu. Isolation is the most commonly reported emotion for mothers during a nicu stay. Coming together helps to build community and ease the feelings of isolation. Love for lily facilitators are certified life coaches and bring multiple tools and skills to meet the needs of what is going on that day. Our 3 main tenants are; learning to breathe, building allies, and emotional literacy.

essentials bags - essentials bags are given to every family that is expecting a 2 week or longer stay in the nicu. These bags include simple things like a tooth brush and face wash that make a world of difference after a long night or a few long nights. There is a journal allowing parents to write memories and thoughts and for nursing to help capture precious moments that happen while mom and dad are away. We include many items that bring comfort and that support the well being of mother and child.

grants - providing monthly grants to ease the burden on families with a child or children who spend 4 weeks or more in the nicu served by love for lily and have medical insurance. Our grant program strives to ease the burden of medical debt and support families in receiving therapies, services, or modalities after discharge that support the health and well being of their child(ren). The mission of our grant program is to provide a helping hand to fill the gap.

sew with love - it is the little things that can make a big difference in a nicu stay. Inspired by the loving stitching of gramma joann, this program comes through the village. Sew with love creates lovies, used as scent clothes in those early days to help mamas bond with their baby's and baby's feel comforted when mamas is away. As children grow this little lovie can be used as a comfort object and provide soothing for even life's hardest moments. We additionally always need people to sew nursing/pumping covers, blankets for parents (it is nice to have the option to get snuggly in the chair with baby + the unit can be so cold), and tiny super hero capes that bring joy and a good reminder that these little people are tenacious and capable of great things.