UK — Inside neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) incubators at one United Kingdom hospital, premature babies have an unlikely companion — colorful, crocheted octopuses. These cuddly toys are used as a ...

About four million babies are born in the US every year, and one in ten will require neonatal intensive care. Baby Anthony Flores was born at 25 weeks, a micro-preemie weighing only one pound two ...

TAKOMA PARK, Md. (ABC7) — “The octopus marches 2 by 2, hurrah, hurrah,” a group of school children and teachers sang as they marched through Takoma Park. A 300 pound crocheted octopus was moved from ...

UNITED KINGDOM — Inside neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) incubators at one United Kingdom hospital, premature babies have an unlikely companion — colorful, crocheted octopi. These cuddly toys are ...

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 ...