MaineHealth Barbara Bush Children's Hospital

11/20/2025

MaineHealth Pediatrics South Portland and Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast have opened new outpatient donor milk dispensary. Learn all about it in this story from NEWS CENTER Maine.

Families interested in purchasing donor milk at MaineHealth Pediatrics and Young Adult Medicine South Portland can contact 207-661-3512.

11/19/2025

Now through December, our helpful friends at Ace Hardware are making the season brighter for kids at MHBBCH! 🤩 When you shop at participating Ace Hardware locations, you’ll have the opportunity to round up your purchase to support the kids in our care. Every donation makes a difference! Please be sure to thank their friendly staff for their unwavering support for our young patients. 👏

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals

11/17/2025

MaineHealth’s pediatric congenital heart program allows the region’s youngest patients to stay close to home for life-saving cardiac procedures. A focus on collaboration and national benchmarking with other pediatric congenital heart programs has resulted in second-to-none care at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland in partnership with MHBBCH. Check out this story from the 2025 Annual Report: https://bit.ly/4nWUqwp.

11/14/2025

Luca, a former patient at MHBBCH, turned his experience into something truly inspiring. Wanting to give back, he came up with not one, not two, but three creative fundraising ideas:
🍋 A lemonade & iced tea stand
🍪 A bake sale
🧼 And handmade soap sales!

Thanks to his incredible effort and big heart, Luca raised an amazing $550 to support the kids in our care. 💙

👏 Thank you, Luca, for your kindness, creativity and generosity!

Feeling inspired? You can make a difference too! Host your own DIY fundraiser—whether it’s a classic craft fair, a car wash, or something totally unique like donating your birthday. The possibilities are endless! 🥳 Get started at https://bbch.org/diy

11/08/2025

A patient’s family nominated Madison, a nurse at MHBBCH, for a DAISY award following her care of their toddler during a three-month hospital stay. The family credits Madison with above-and-beyond support throughout his illness and said she created a safe atmosphere that allowed them to share how they felt about returning to the hospital where their son began his life in the neonatal intensive care unit two years ago.

“Madison listened with great compassion as I shared the difficulty of being back in the same hospital where our son spent his first month of life, once again facing many unknowns. It was the first time since our admission that I felt I could speak plainly about everything we had experienced — Madison offered a sense of ease that I can still feel to this day.”

Madison’s nominator went on to say, “She listened to us when we had questions after we met with providers to discuss complex medical information and sought answers when we needed more guidance. She comforted us when it all felt like too much. We’ll forever be grateful to Madison and the team at BBCH for providing the best care.”

The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses was created to recognize and honor the compassionate care nurses provide every day to the patients they serve. It is celebrated in over 5,400 healthcare facilities and nursing schools in 34 countries.

Congratulations, Madison!

11/05/2025

Let’s share some hype for our Extra Lifers as we head into GAME WEEK 2025!!! We’d like to recognize and thank our dedicated Extra Lifers for their year-round gaming to support MHBBCH! Please join us in cheering them on as they grow their $715,290 fundraising total for our hospital! 🎮🎲♟️🃏🎯🎳🧩

Extra Life is a program of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (and MHBBCH is your local CMN Hospital) centered around gaming: board games, video games, any game! Visit bbch.org/ExtraLife for more info, or join us at . Special thanks to PTC, our Local Hero Sponsor of BBCH Extra Life!

11/03/2025

Our tiniest patients got to play dress up this Halloween thanks to the March of Dimes. Thank you for bringing some holiday joy to our NICU families!

10/31/2025

🎃 Shoutout to our incredible MHBBCH staff and care team members who brought Halloween magic to the kids in our care! 👻 Dressed in their Halloween best, they delivered treats, stickers and smiles to patients in their rooms. 🍬🍭

Special thanks to team members from:
🧡 Rehabilitation Services
💜 Spiritual Care
💙 Pediatric Nursing Leadership
🖤 Security
🧡 Regulatory/Decedent Affairs
💜 Child Life
💙 Pediatric Residents
🖤 Care Coordination
🧡 MCCP Clinical

Your time, creativity and compassion made the day unforgettable for our patients and families. 🤩

Happy Halloween,

10/29/2025

Our friends at Trademark Federal Credit Union recently visited MHBBCH to bring some joy to our patients and staff by decorating the windows leading into the inpatient unit. We absolutely love the nature and Maine wildlife theme they chose! 🌲🐻🦊⛰️

Thank you, Trademark FCU team! 💙 We are grateful for all the ways you support our patients and hospital!

10/22/2025

MHBBCH is proud to announce that we have partnered with the Cribs for Kids® National Infant Safe Sleep Initiative National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification program to reinforce our shared commitment to provide parents with the best practices for infant safe sleep.

10/17/2025

MHBBCH is proud to be a Cribs for Kids Gold certified safe sleep hospital!

10/16/2025

Did you know that babies should always be put to sleep on their back and that caregivers should remove all soft bedding, bumpers, and toys from their sleep space? MaineHealth Barbara Bush Children's Hospital has been recognized as a Cribs for Kids® National Infant Safe Sleep Initiative National Gold Certified Safe Sleep Hospital, which means we provide caregivers tips and resources to keep your baby sleeping safely! Learn the ABCs of Safe Sleep at http://safesleepforme.org.