Sutter Medical Center’s Children’s Center

We’re a proud sponsor of UC Davis School of Education’s annual celebration Words Take Wingan event celebrating diversity in children’s literature. Interested in attending the February 23rd virtual event? Find details here: https://bit.ly/2YYyKqw. We hope to see you there!

Our level 4 NICU is just the place for these four precious newborns. Autumnseen here holding Lincoln, Mila, Oliver and Sophia for the first timeis beyond happy her three-week-old quadruplets are getting stronger every day. Join us in congratulating the new, much larger family!

Happy New Year from the tiny #NICU tots at Sutter Medical Center’s Children's Center! Though this little one spent his first New Year's with us, we still found fun and festive ways to celebrate.

The Child Life Program at Sutter Medical Center Children’s Center is incredibly grateful to so many organizations and community members for their donations to support the babies, children and families that we serve. Especially during these difficult times, we are so touched by your generosity! Big thanks to Tiny Feet Foundation, Angels for Hearts, Stockton K9 Connection, Toys From Aiyana, Tower of Niceness, All About Hope, Chelsea Geddes, Maribel Medina, Kate Smith, PJ Peterson, Kami Honsinger, and many more!

Happy holidays and merry Christmas! Tinsel, clinicians and team members at Sutter Medical Center's Children's Center send warm wishes to you and your family this holiday season. #TinselAtSutter #HappyHolidays

It’s Christmas Eve and our #NICU babies are spreading holiday cheer! The little ones in our level 4 NICU dressed in festive knitted hats and holiday onesies for the special day. Merry Christmas Eve from our family to yours!

Our favorite elf is on the move again! Tinsel swung by our #pediatric department and was excited to find Glimmer, one of our child life facility dogs, spreading cheer and a bit of Christmas magic to our young patients. #TinselAtSutter

Curious about the #COVID19 vaccine? We’ve got you covered. Learn about how the vaccine will work: https://bit.ly/37xr7fQ.

As the rollout of the #COVID19 vaccine begins, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Learn about the vaccine and how it will be stored and distributed as shipments arrive onsite. https://bit.ly/2KzmLf8

Tinsel loves spending time in our #PICU so much that he decided to join one of our cardiovascular surgeons, Dr. Nasirov, on his daily rounds as he visits one of his patients. #TinselAtSutter

Although #Halloween may look a little different this year, we’re finding fun and creative ways to celebrate and make the day special for our patients! This year our child life team hosted reverse trick-or-treating where our team members went room to room with Halloween gifts from departments all across our campus, and we even had a fun float parade that traveled through the #pediatric hospital halls. Check out the colorful and creative floats designed by our very own nurses and respiratory therapists!

We’re kicking off the Halloween celebrations early this year! This past weekend Tiny Feet Foundation hand delivered bags of special goodies and treats to our #NICU patients. Thank you for bringing the Halloween spirit to our littlest patients and their families!

Our favorite elf, Tinsel, is back again this year to spread holiday cheer around Sutter Medical Center's Children's Center. His first stop: our #NICU. Tinsel checked in on the little ones, and with the Angel Eye Camera, an innovative bedside camera technology, families can also check up on their babies when they can't be at the hospital. During the pandemic, the cameras have been such a gift to families to be able to see their little ones. #TinselAtSutter

It’s #PediatricNursesWeek and we want to thank our incredible nurses who do so much for our little patients and their families! We are so grateful for this extraordinary group of people who provide care and compassion to our young patients at their most vulnerable.

Happy #Thanksgiving from our family to yours! Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday from all the babies in our level 4 #NICU.

We’re honored Sutter Medical Center’s Children’s Center is the only Gold Level recipient in the Sacramento Valley of the ELSO - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Award for Excellence in Life Support. This award is given to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) teams who demonstrate processes & procedures that promote exceptional care. ECMO is a form of heart-lung bypass used to pump oxygenated blood when the heart or lungs don’t function properly. https://bit.ly/3d2FtWC

Toys have a unique way of lifting children’s spirits. Play is absolutely essential for children, and makes such a difference in our patients’ hospital stays. This holiday season, you can help us win toys for our patients! Nominate Sutter Medical Center’s Children’s Center to give our patients a chance to win Mattel and Fisher-Price toys. https://bit.ly/2Kh6Guo #SpreadJoywithToys

Sutter Medical Center's Children's Center has a transport team dedicated to our level 4 neonatal intensive care unit, to ensure that any newborn who needs it can have access to specialized care. Learn more about the advanced care we offer: https://bit.ly/3jjRDg3. #NICUAwarenessMonth *Picture taken pre-COVID

Maven’s family would like to thank the medical and support teams for taking care of their daughter during her 148 day stay in our NICU. Thanks to the Angel Eye camera, an innovative technology that helps families check in on their babies from afar, they could visit Maven when they couldn't be there in person. Maven’s mother would like everyone to know: This is such a great program and an awesome way to stay connected to our little one. Thank you, Child Life! #NICUAwarenessMonth

Thank you to all the duck adopters who joined usvirtuallyat The Duck Dash this year! We’re so appreciative to you and Donut Dash for taking part in an event that helps support children, families and our Child Life program.

Ally, Carly and Sydney were born at 34 weeks and spent 31 days in our NICU, and all three babies were able to go home on the same day in 2015. The triplets’ mom said the care her daughters’ received was so extraordinary, and to this day she is still in awe the entire team did such an exceptional job taking care of the most delicate of lives with such ease. We’re grateful these vibrant girls are doing well! #NICUAwarenessMonth

The Duck Dash is just around the corner! Stop by any of the 26 Sacramento Area Quick Quack Car Wash locations by September 25th to help benefit the #ChildLife program. Get more details here: https://bit.ly/3iYoneQ. Also, don’t forget to mark your calendar to livestream the event on The Duck Dash’s Facebook page on September 26th at 9:00 a.m.

Jordan was born at 24 weeks and spent 122 days in our NICU. She’s now four years old and loves going to gymnastics class, watching Star Wars and walking to the neighborhood pond to see turtles and ducks. Jordan’s mother would like to thank the doctors, nurses and child life specialists for the incredible support they provided to help her care for her micro-preemie. #NICUAwarenessMonth

Although Landyn and Londyn are still climbing many mountains, these 2nd grade NICU grads are flourishingwe’re beyond happy they are doing well! #NICUAwarenessMonth

The Duck Dash adoptions are now open through September 25th! The annual fundraiser is going virtual this year, but you can still support this amazing cause benefiting the #ChildLife program. Learn what’s new, how you can participate and where to adopt your ducks here: https://bit.ly/2ZCXXHG.

Maxwell was born at 28 weeks and in the NICU for 108 days. While Max still depends on supplemental oxygen, the good news is his atrial septal defect has completely closed! He loves lifeparticularly music, throwing balls, his water table and his two brothers. Right now he’s on the cusp of learning to walk, so watch out world! #NICUAwarenessMonth

Anabella Bella & Faith Ramos are two of our thriving NICU grads! The twins’ mother would like to thank all of the amazing nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, child life specialists & social workers who supported her family during their journey. We appreciate the gratitude & are so happy Bella & Faith are active & happy toddlers. #NICUAwarenessMonth