Distroller Donates Neonate Babies to NICU Families

Distroller World, a retail entertainment brand with art and design at its core that spreads good vibes for ages 0 to 102, donates Neonate Babies to local nonprofit Miracle Babies for this year's NICU Sibling Support Day on Sept. 29. The Neonate Babies will be given to siblings of families with newborns in the NICU that are in the Miracle Babies transportation program, which provides rides to and from the NICU.

The Miracle Babies transportation program began in June 2020 and supports families all over San Diego County. Miracle Babies works closely with hospital clinicians and health care providers to ensure parents have access to their newborns, addressing inequities for low-income parents through free access to transportation. Recently, the program has expanded to include transportation for moms with high risk pregnancies and cardiac babies in need of regular cardiac appointments.

“Having a baby in the NICU is difficult for any family, and it can be an added challenge to explain to child siblings why their baby brother or sister can’t come home,” said Miracle Babies Founder Dr. Sean Daneshmand. “The Neonate Babies are a great resource to help siblings of NICU newborns better understand the care and attention their new family member needs.”

The Neonate Babies intend to help demonstrate the delicate care process, similar to those of hospitalized newborns, to child siblings of babies in the NICU. Each Neonate Baby is born small and fragile, and comes with special care instructions on feeding, bathing and more.

Miracle Babies currently provides transportation to Rady Children’s Hospital, Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns and Kaiser Permanente San Diego. Miracle Babies aims to expand the program and offer transportation support on weekends and serve additional hospitals.

For more information about Miracle Babies, visit www.miraclebabies.org

For more information about Distroller World, visit DistrollerUSA.com.