SINGAPORE: Civil servant Michelle Neo’s crocheting hobby took a serious turn last September. One of her friends had given birth to a baby prematurely and an idea she had been toying with - making ...

At three Western Sydney hospitals, premature babies hold onto the tiny tentacles of crocheted octopuses rather than the clinical tubes that surround them in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

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Cuddly crocheted ocotpi are used as a form of therapy to help comfort premature babies Hospital staff say tentacles remind babies of the umbilical cord and their mother's womb Inside neonatal ...

As any family who has had a premature baby will be painfully aware, the period of time in between baby being born and being strong enough to go home is one of the most difficult periods a parent can ...

Families of preemie babies who have been through the hospital system might be familiar with the concept of ‘Octopus for Preemies’, where volunteers would crochet teeny tiny octopus toys, whose ...

Kokkola nurse Johanna Kuoppala spends all of her free time crocheting octopuses for her patients at Central Finland's central hospital. She says the hospital's need for the colourful companions is ...