Being involved in your baby’s care and procedures

Parent touching their sleeping baby in a hospital room.

Information on being involved in your baby’s care and procedures on the neonatal unit. Read about procedures in neonatal care, the role of parents in comfort and pain relief and working together with the neonatal care team.

Mother gazing intently at her child in an incubator

A quick guide to parents’ involvement in…

This page contains a quick guide on how you can be involved in your baby’s care and procedures on the neonatal unit.
Parent touching their baby who is asleep in a hospital cot

Procedures in neonatal care

Find out about the medical care your baby might receive on the neonatal unit, and how you and healthcare professionals can reduce your baby’s pain and discomfort.
Father looking down and caressing his sleeping baby.

The role of parents in comfort and pain relief

Find out about your role in comforting your baby during their procedures on the neonatal unit.
Nurse talking to parents while the mother has the baby resting on her chest.

The role of parents in medical procedures

Find out more about your choices in your baby’s care and procedures on the neonatal unit.
Nurse kneeling down while talking to parent sitting in a hospital chair

Working together with the neonatal care team

This page contains information on how to talk with your baby's care team about being involved in your baby’s procedures.
Two parents looking at each other and smiling while their baby rests on the mother's chest

How healthcare professionals can support…

This page is aimed at healthcare professionals and gives advice on how parents and neonatal care teams can work together to comfort babies.
Parent caressing their sleeping baby

FAQs: quick links to useful content 

This page contains a series of links to information that answers some of the questions you may have about being involved in your baby’s care and procedures.
Baby lying down holding onto their parent's thumb.

Bliss research into parents’ involvement in…

This page contains Bliss’ research into parental involvement in baby’s care and procedures.
Mother in hospital with her twin babies laying on her chest.

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The information in this section is due for review November 2026.