NICU babies dress up for first Halloween

Milestones are always marked by families of NICU babies. First bath. First outfit. Leaving the isolette for an open crib. Being free of tubes and wires. Because each of these huge feats is one more stepping stone for our babies to go home, they usually overshadow traditional holiday celebrations.

This fall, we wanted to offer our NICU families a greater sense of normalcy. We helped them pick out their baby’s very first Halloween costume. In between the squirms and squeals, we captured these precious gallery pictures to mark the milestone at Beacon Children’s Hospital.

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