Inside the neonatal intensive care unit at Medical City Alliance in Fort Worth, premature babies, like Oliver Chacon, snuggle with an eight-armed, colorful stuffed octopus as part of their treatment.

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 ...

Premature babies are extremely vulnerable and often too fragile to be held in the first few days of their lives. To make the often heartbreaking experience a little easier for new parents, an ...

A 73-YEAR-old woman has knitted three octopuses for premature babies in the city’s hospital. Margaret Palmer, from Derby, answered an appeal for more of the creatures to be donated to the ...