Chch Prem baby

So nice of you to want to help out. They won't really need clothes at this stage. If you wanted to get them a gift perhaps something like a special blanket for when bub comes out for kangaroo cuddles (ideally not polar fleece) or a special journal/diary for them to record their NICU journey. Hot meals and housework are always appreciated too =)

I've got a bag of prem clothes which you are more than welcome to have to give them but as Mrs_B said bubba won't be wearing clothes for several weeks - until she can maintain her own body temperature and is able to come out of the incubator.

Then the NICU will have loads of clothes they will use once she is in a cot and to be honest it's a pain trying to keep track of your own baby clothes whereas the NICU stuff just gets chucked into a laundry basket & washed.

A nice idea for a gift if you knit or if someone you know can knit for you, is woollen singlets. I can dig out the pattern we used if you'd like - the singlets were the single best thing anyone gave me for my prem girls.

we have some bigger prem clothes, but baby won'tneed them till she goes home... and she could even be newborn size then, ours very nearly was! things like cardigans (pure wool) would be good as they need to have a few days to regulate their temperate at home and get quite cold. I agree with the woolen singlet idea too - ones with buttons down the front much easier for tiny babies as when little they don't like things pulled over their head much. also lots of little cloth squares very handy for bibs!

I did a bit of a google search and found these guys (Urban Harvest). They appear to deliver food including hot and frozen meals in Wellington. You might be able to order something and get it delivered to them whereever they are staying or to the hospital

My girls were at Hutt SCBU & Waikato NICU and there was a parent's lounge with microwave etc.

Welly hospital is brand spanking new so I imagine their facilities would def include a kitchen for parents.

I have been in Chch NICU it is awesome The staff are all so lovely. The have clothes there for the babies to wear really nice ones too!

There is a parents lounge with microwave free hot drinks toast etc.

They have a few rooms you can stay in when establishing BF they are really nice double bed and ensuite (more like hotel than hospital)they let DH stay too as twins need two parents! Only I got the meals though and they were way better than our local hospitals.

Food would be a nice gift.

Everyones pretty much already said, but im just doing my final placement in Auck NICU and they have all the clothes and everything there, and facilities for everything too, they supply journals for the parents too, but you could always get  a special one for her

yes they have a microwave in the wgtn NICU

At 26 weeks they will be in hospital for quite a while - sometimes when they come out they wont need prem clothes. food is important as they dont feed you and you need to expressing. A supermarket voucher would be good as then they can buy the food they need. there is a new world just down the road.