How beautiful, Dawn! May we all have such compassion for the little 
ones, the families we serve, for each other!

Catherine Watson Genna BS, IBCLC  NYC  www.cwgenna.com

On 9/2/2014 1:25 PM, Dawn Kersula wrote:
> Several years ago I spent a day in the NICU at our tertiary care center,
> Darthmouth Hitchcock in Lebanon, NH.
>
> I was able to watch a baby get its first massage -- just the feet, as the
> PT gently crooned to the baby, "That's your feet. It's a wonderful world
> and we won't always hurt you when we touch your feet."
>
> You might contact them for more info. We've had babies come back to us to
> "grow and feed" with their scrapbook pages (done by their nurses) tucked in
> to the bottom of the isolette! We are lucky to have them.
>
> Dawn Kersula
> in Brattleboro, VT
>
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