Memphis area NICU babies celebrate Halloween
These NICU babies were dressed as a baseball and a football player for Halloween. (Courtesy Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown)
This NICU baby was dressed as a cat for Halloween. (Courtesy Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown)
Costumes included “Monsters Inc.” characters. (Courtesy Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown)
This baby was dressed as a pea. (Courtesy Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown)
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Halloween NICU costumes included witches. (Courtesy Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown)
This “fairy” was photographed in the Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown NICU. (Courtesy Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown)
At Regional One Health, 47 costumed babies were photographed in the NICU this week. (Courtesy Regional One)
Halloween NICU costumes at Regional One included animals, superheroes, ballerinas, pumpkins and cupcakes. (Courtesy Regional One)
Regional One has made the NICU Halloween costumes an annual tradition for about five years. (Courtesy Regional One)
According to hospital spokeswoman Angie Golding, costumes for the past couple of years have been hand-knitted by the aunt of an NICU nurse. (Courtesy Regional One)
“Celebrating first holidays when your baby is in the hospital is difficult, and we want to provide some normalcy to families by having a little fun with these costumes and providing a photo to the family as a keepsake,” said Regional One spokeswoman Angie Golding. (Courtesy Regional One)
Costumes included ladybugs. (Courtesy Regional One)
“Celebrating first holidays when your baby is in the hospital is difficult, and we want to provide some normalcy to families by having a little fun with these costumes,” said a Regional One spokesperson.
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