And you're standing by your baby thinking: 

"What am I supposed to do?"

Maybe you're afraid to touch your baby. 

Maybe you aren't sure when it's okay to talk to them. 

Maybe you don't know what their behavior means. 

Maybe you find yourself waiting for someone to tell you what you can do to help. 

And underneath it all is a question many NICU parents quietly carry:   

"Am I actually being a parent right now?"

You are. 

And you don't have to wait until your baby comes home to feel like one.

The NICU isn't a typical newborn experience. Your parenting support shouldn't be either.

Your baby may be surrounded by monitors, tubes, and team of medical professionals. They will communicate differently, tire more easily, and need different kinds of touch, interaction, comfort, and care. 

You don't need generic newborn advice.

You need guidance designed specifically for parenting a baby in the NICU.

Feel more confident being your baby's parent in the NICU, starting now.

 Confidence doesn't come from reading about the NICU, it comes from doing.

 You don't have to become a NICU expert. You're a parent.

You don't always need more information.

You need guidance for what you can do next.   

The Born to Bloom® Guidebook 

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One comprehensive guidebook containing four essential areas of NICU parenting:

CARING
Understand your baby’s NICU environment and discover meaningful ways to participate in their care.

COMMUNICATING
Learn how your baby communicates through their behavior, movements, and cues.

COMFORTING
Discover ways to support your baby when they are overwhelmed, stressed, or needing comfort.

CONNECTING
Explore meaningful ways to build your relationship with your baby

The 7-Day NICU Confidence Roadmap

You don’t have to figure out where to start.

Your roadmap breaks the experience into seven manageable days so you can focus on what matters right now.

One day at a time.
One interaction at a time.
One step closer to feeling confident with your baby.

Daily Video Guidance

You don't just get a guidebook. You get someone to walk you through it.

Each day includes a short, informal video from Katie explaining what you're learning, why it matters, and how you can do it with your own baby.

No long lectures.

No complicated medical terms.

No sitting for hours googling what to do.

Just practical guidance from someone who understands both sides of the NICU — as a certified neonatal therapist and as a NICU mom. 

Practice Activities with Your NICU Baby 

Because confidence doesn't come from reading about parenting your baby.

It comes from doing it. 

Born to Bloom gives you simple, NICU-approved activities to practice with your baby, alongside your trusted care team.

You'll begin to learn, then notice, then practice. 

 And little by little, you'll start to see:

"I can do this."

Need a little extra help? It's here. 

Practical help for the moments when you think, "I want to do this — but I'm not sure how."

You will also have access to practical demonstration videos for common NICU care moments, so you can watch and revisit them whenever you need a little extra guidance.

Examples include:

• Diaper changes
• Four-handed care
• Bathing
• Other practical NICU care skills

MORE THAN A GUIDEBOOK. A SUPPORTIVE NICU EXPERIENCE.

How the Born to Bloom Experience Works

You don't need to piece together how to be there for your baby right now.

You need to know what you should focus on today, so you can believe "I'm helping give my baby a more positive and supportive NICU experience."

When you're navigating monitors, medical information, and the emotional weight of having a baby in the NICU, even knowing where to start is overwhelming. 

Once you join Born to Bloom, you'll receive a simple, guided experience that walks you through one NICU parenting step each day for 7 days. 

Each day, you'll get an email that guides you through that day's content inside your Born to Bloom learning portal, where you will: 

📹Learn

Start with a short welcome video from Katie that introduces the day's focus and guides you through the daily reading.

🤲🏽Practice

Try simple, NICU-specific practice activities with your own baby and care team, with videos from Katie explaining each one.

▶️Build Your NICU Skills

Use short skill videos to practice NICU tasks, like diaper changes or baths, to build on what you have learned, and do it with your baby.

❤️Feel More Confident

Each day builds on the one before it, helping you move from "I don't know what to do" to "I know how I can help my baby."

Your 7-Day NICU Confidence Roadmap

One focused day at a time, you'll learn positive parenting skills that can support your baby's NICU experience.

Day 1: Get oriented to your baby's NICU world.

Day 2: Discover ways to participate and create healing moments during care.

Day 3: Learn about your baby's cues.

Day 4: Understand stress and what your baby needs.

Day 5: Learn helpful ways to comfort your baby.

Day 6: Practice comforting your baby during NICU tasks.

Day 7: Find meaningful ways to connect with your baby.

One small step each day to help you move from wondering what to do, to knowing how you can help.

Created with NICU expertise. Trusted by NICU teams.

Born to Bloom has been adopted as a parent education resource by hundreds of NICU clinicians in more than 6 countries. 

Every baby is unique. But the core skills NICU parents need are universal. 

No matter what your NICU journey looks like, or where you are in the world...you can learn meaningful ways to support your baby right now.

Born to Bloom is for you if...

• Your baby is currently in the NICU, and you want to feel more involved in their care. 

• You love your baby deeply but aren't always sure what you can do. 

• You want to understand your baby's cues and know how to respond if they're stressed.

• You want to stop second guessing yourself and want practical guidance you can use today.

• You're pregnant and are expecting or at risk of needing a NICU stay with your baby.

• You want support that complements the guidance you're receiving from your care team.