LifesLittleTreasures
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We are an Australian charity supporting families of premature & sick babies.
Australia
Joined August 2009
Families of premature and sick babies can spend days, months and sometimes a year caring for their baby/s in hospital. They are often so focused on babyโs care they forget to take care of themselves. Caring...
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We've loved working with the Women's hospital to bring a little joy to families spending Christmas in hospital #familieshelpingfamilies
Christmas has come early for some of Melbourne's tiny miracles. Premature babies at the Royal Women's Hospital received a visit from Santa and his elves, spreading joy to families, nurses and doctors. @EmilyRice28 #9News
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A fun day at โworkโ today: 2 amazing elves and 1 very proud ๐
What wonderful families, staff and volunteers we have @thewomens๐
Santa and his elves have dropped in on some special little ones, who are unable to go home for Christmas. The premature babies and their families at the Royal Women's Hospital also received some hand-made gifts to help lift their spirits. @EmilyRice28 #9News
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For all the green fingers amongst us ๐ท๐ผ๐ป๐บ
Join us this weekend as the RCH Auxiliaries host an incredible flower sale! A wonderful range of hanging and potted plants will be available for purchase from $20, with all proceeds supporting the @RCHMelbourne
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Aw this is just wonderful to hear, so well deserved, Nadine is one of the most passionate and caring people, Who we love to work alongside, congrats Nadine from all at LLTF โคโค
Congratulations Nadine Griffiths....1st runner up across faculities. First PhD presentation. Great things to come.
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Congratulations everyone, so wonderful to see
The future of the CRE is in great hands! Loved seeing our emerging researchers speaking about their work at the @thewomens Student Symposium today for Research Week. Well done @kwong_amanda @raalbesher @kate__cameron @katehodg18 @BadurdeenShiraz
@GraceElliot96
@MCRI_for_kids
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This lady leading the charge as always.and so lovely, hope ye have a great trip guys @drbretty & Prof Jeanie
Jeanie Cheong @jlyc2016 at KLINC2019 ๐ฒ๐พ making complex brain networks easy to understand! @CREnewborn @thewomens
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Thrilled to have been invited by our partners @thewomens to speak alongside 3 amazing ladies Dr Rosmary Boland, Prof Jeanie Cheong & Dr Penny Sheehan at the World Prematurity Day Seminar. Our Co Founder shusannah told hers & the story of how LLT began @roseandtoby
@AliciaSpittle
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Fantastic @AliciaSpittle
An important message from @AliciaSpittle in her talk summarising the early interventional trials underway in the @CREnewborn: โthe implications for physical activity go way beyond just motor outcomes for children born preterm.โ #cooltopics2019 @thewomens @MCRI_for_kids
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Just fantsstic news ๐
We are incredibly grateful to receive $150,000 from the Islamic Council of Victoria to support the @RCHMelbourne Wallaby Ward (Hospital-in-the-Home program)
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Two amazing ladies ๐งก
Crowd gathering to see @CREnewborn Chief Investigator @AliciaSpittle & Associate Investigator @karli_treyvaud, along with Dr Michael Cheung, discuss improving long term outcomes. #cooltopics2019
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Thrilled it was such a great event, congratulations everyone ๐งก๐งก
The wonderful Prof Peter Davis @CREnewborn Chief Investigator reflecting on the fantastic two days of #cooltopics2019. Well done @thewomens ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
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Official statistics and reporting has significant lag time in WA with the most recent report covering the 2015 period. It revealed 3,043 babies were born preterm, representing 8.7% of all infants born. โ โ Thatโs at least 8 babies per day born preterm right here in WA. Theโฆ
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Such a gorgeous little treasure โคโค
Canberraโs Tahlia Wood (now 4yo) was born at 27 weeks weighing just 950 grams. Today, she walked with mum, Tara, around Lake Tuggeranong in Canberra for #WalkforPrems @LifesLittle @abccanberra
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Such a privilege to work with such a wonderful team of researchers and clinicians @CREnewborn to improve outcomes for #preterm children
@CREnewborn #ResearchAssociate Dr Leona Pascoe is working to investigate #intervention approaches to improve #neurodevelopmental outcomes in #preterm #children. Read her latest work in #cognitivetraining #interventions : https://t.co/gQSjN6aW5g
https://t.co/IFbxlUVjHM
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We call it liquid gold...this is great to see...the winner bub! Next step, if we could just get on top of how we communicate to mums how they can do this...Does it matter the way as long as bub is fed. Unnecessary pressure for certain methods still happening. #liquidgold
@medela
Really great work here creating significant change in practice .... first #MOM for #vlbw babies reduced from 36 hours to 7 hours postbirth #cultureofcare #breastmilkforprems @LifesLittle @PretermAlliance
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Can't wait, what a wonderful group you have..the @LifesLittle families are proud to be apart of this great panel ๐๐
We had a brilliant morning in @CREnewborn meeting with our #ConsumerAdvisoryGroup, getting the #consumer view on our projects & hearing about the things in #neonatalcare that matters most to consumers. We have work to do! #watchthisspace #research #IMPACT #KnowledgeTranslation
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So incredibly proud to work alongside such a caring organisation.. RWH has always been ahead in this space, when it comes to thinking of the families. @thewomens
#familieshelpingfamilies
#makingadifferencetogether
Well done to all involved in creating this special service for bereaved families this evening. It's great to have the support of @JennyMikakos and to collaborate with amazing organisations in this space โฅ๏ธ #pregnancyandinfantlossawarenessday
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What an amazing line up... some incredible speakers...wishing you all a successful event...look foward to reading about the outcomes ๐
Only a month until Cool Topics in Neonatology ๐, November 14/15 in Melbourne. A fantastic group of international speakers: Sandra Juul, Christian Poets, Roger Soll, @NeenaModi1 and Rich Polin. Some pretty cool local speakers too! ๐ Link below.
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Our beautiful Ambassador Brooke Hanson's story. Her second child, Jack, was born 12 weeks premature, sadly he passed away after a nine-month battle. Read her story here https://t.co/KhAumdNrMJ She's supporting our Walk for Prems Sun 27th Oct-read more at
7news.com.au
Olympian Brooke Hanson is supporting this weekend's charity event Walk for Prems, raising funds to support families with premature and sick kids
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When the chips are down this is the man you want to have your back. I was blessed 16 years ago to have him look after my 25 weeker/880 grams. He's humble, passsionate, one of Australia's leading clinician/researchers and above all an amazing human being. Thank you for all u doโค
One of Australiaโs leading clinician-researchers in #NeonatalResuscitation Prof Peter Davis is a CI and Exec member of the @crenewborn. Peter is Director of #NeonatalMedicine at @thewomens leading #research with the aim of improving the care #newbornbabies in the #NICU
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