《新生儿》：内克尔医院里的六个月

A newborn baby weighs only 900 grams.

He sleeps in a warm little box.

His skin is very thin; you can see the things inside.

Nurses cannot stick things on his body.

If they stick something on, his skin will tear.

There is a French woman; she writes news.

When her son was born, she heard some sounds.

She thought those sounds were very nice.

The doctor said the baby had difficulty breathing in and out; it was very dangerous.

She wanted to know one thing.

What does a baby feel in its heart when it is just born?

She went to a hospital in Paris.

This hospital is called Necker Hospital.

In the hospital there is a room.

Inside are all babies who got sick right after birth.

She stayed in that room for six months.

She watched what the nurses and doctors did.

The nurses do not call numbers; they call each baby's name.

When nurses care for the babies, they cover the little boxes with a cloth.

This way, others cannot see the baby.

These babies also need injections.

They have a small tube in their noses.

Doctors use the small tube to help the baby breathe out.

Next to them are many machines, very loud.

The babies cannot say no.

Many of these babies survived.

Some babies were born too early and did not survive.

This woman used these things to write a book.

The book is called Newborn.

This book has 272 pages.

Later, this book got an English edition.

The book also includes words from a writer.

He said his newborn daughter first looked very old.

After a while, she looked very young again.