SALISBURY TWP., Pa. – Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital is prioritizing the power of music, one lullaby at a time.<\/p>\n
The hospital is launching a new initiative to help ease the anxiety of parents whose babies are receiving treatment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).<\/p>\n
“I make up a song or two from time to time, but it’s never written down. It’s all just impromptu. It’s more about silly things,” said Hunt Rose, a NICU parent.<\/p>\n
Rose picked up a guitar, in a crowded room inside Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital Kasych Family Pavilion.<\/p>\n
“This could be a lifelong song,” said his wife, Amanda Rose.<\/p>\n
The Roses are turning their feelings into lyrics.<\/p>\n
For the last 88 days, the parents of two have spent every second they can with their daughter Sophia in the NICU at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital.<\/p>\n
“Being able to sit and think about a time beyond the NICU,” said Amanda. “Things will be better and good.”<\/p>\n
For a brief time, their minds wander into the sound of music.<\/p>\n
“I am not musical. I cannot sing, but I still got a lot out of this,” said Amanda.<\/p>\n
“Nobody truly knows, I think, the trauma of having a baby in the NICU,” said Rebecca Salter, NICU Nurse Navigator at Lehigh Valley Health Network.<\/p>\n
Salter is listening in on the Roses’ very own lullaby.<\/p>\n
“Creating a lullaby for their baby is going to be something that would be something so memorable for them,” said Salter.<\/p>\n
Salter has been working in the NICU for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n
“And I’m a mom myself, so if I would have had the opportunity to do something like this, it would have been awesome,” said Salter.<\/p>\n
The Lullaby Project, a program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, has a mission to reach all parents with babies in the NICU.<\/p>\n
It helps them dive into music with the guidance of an instructor and lean on tunes that soothe the soul, as a tool to encourage bonding with their babies and relieve stress and anxiety.<\/p>\n
It’s taking Lehigh University Zoellner Arts Center Executive Director Mark Wilson down memory lane.<\/p>\n
“My children I have, who are twins, were born early, and they were in the NICU for six weeks. I wish there was a tool for myself to deal with that anxiety that I had,” said Wilson. “This gives those parents [the] opportunity to create lyrics from their anxiety, and to have them create something from that pain and then make it joyful; something that they can actually then create with their children for the rest of their lives.”<\/p>\n
“If the rest of your day is tied up in this very serious, emotional, important effort, you still have a right to take a few seconds to just breathe, pause, escape that,” said Jason Sizemore, Co-Executive Director of Mindful Child Initiative.<\/p>\n
LVHN is partnering with Mindful Child Initiative and Lehigh University Zoellner Arts Center to kick start the program.<\/p>\n
“Coming together, using their artistry, their facilities, their expertise, and then letting us have a platform to share mindfulness with Zoellner, and also then the community and the parents, is just such a gift,” said Sizemore. “It’s so moving. I’m so excited that you’re going to see this.”<\/p>\n
“They focus on our emotional needs. And, you know, supporting the family so much, which makes a big difference, I think, going through this whole process, especially such a long term,” said Amanda. “We’re lucky that we get to do it together. We’re able to be that support system for each other.”<\/p>\n
“It’s been a whirlwind,” said Hunt. “For all the NICU parents out there; you got it.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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