Helping Babies Born with Drug Addiction

[@thelocotinocos9790]

Being a methamphetamine addicted baby . I have no idea why my mother didn't go to jail when she had my older brother on drugs too. The system set me up for failure .

[@karrysasfoot5407]

Your mother set you up for failure......not the system

[@thelocotinocos9790]

karry sasfoot they both did . Mostly the system though.

[@thelocotinocos9790]

@@karrysasfoot5407 they should definitely have laws . Especially after the first sibling comes out drugged up.

[@kellymoor3984]

I'm so sorry for you both 😔

[@Melanie-de5iq]

God dang, that makes no sense. But I hope you guys are doing good right now.

[@celebritycooper408]

that baby is so perfect & chunky 💜 God bless him!

[@tauruso4799]

He is a beautiful baby boy, I pray his Mom got clean and stayed clean for his sake 💙 I would LOVE to volunteer to help care for a child who is addicted to drugs, I would love to hold & kiss each & every child in the hospital

[@ninkindy1072]

Taurus O47 Many hospitals have volunteer programs for Baby Cuddlers to hold, rock, soothe NAS babies.

[@goktimusprime5443]

The parents of these babies should be forced to do military service and repay their debt to their country, especially for the cost of rehabilitation for their child. It doesn't have to be active combat duty (probably best not to give criminals access to firearms), but they can serve in other areas such as delivering food, medicines etc. to civilian refugees and others who are in poverty or dire need (e.g. victims of natural disasters etc.).

[@jakeadams728]

the tree month old baby is so cute

[@missy4cdts]

i will Take care of any of these children with no questions asked

[@msjacqboo472]

This pisses me tf off 😒beautiful babies

[@deeann424]

He is very cute. Sweet baby

[@HelenLopez-gh5bs]

Poor innocent babies

[@Mandy7D7]

Hooray PG&E!I So nice to see a video that shows the GOOD that can be done for babies born with medications in their system. Instead of showing those ridiculous 1940's era videos of babies suffering in cots with no help in sight. Treatments for babies have been available for many, many years now, however it's" popular" to show them suffer instead. Some hospitals are too chicken to involve themselves and rather, let the child suffer. That disgusts me but just as much, is commenter here who complained about her Tax dollars paying for the medication to stop the withdrawals. The baby's health care is paid for by the Mother's health insurance. If not, it's the Father's. The baby is covered but let's say it's not. I am more than happy to have my tax dollars pay for a baby's medication to end it's suffering of withdrawals. Some of the extremists in this country only care about politics and taxes. There's no light to see that it's hurting the most innocent...like these.

[@theresafloresca1509]

baby such a sweetheart love babies. :'(

[@miaanslow7213]

Hopefully he doesn’t go home with his drug addicted mom or that environment

[@neopededu]

Please change your title and in the future consult your medical advisers you should have as a news organization. Using term "addicted" to refer to babies affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome is inappropriate from medical and moral ground. Those babies developed chemical dependence only and we should not be labeling them as addicted.

[@hamoyah5330]

Thank you for this comment!

[@AndreRosario-zm8pf]

Galatians 4:9 Thank God for the truth.

[@spike84able]

Most likely they will go back to the mother. Addicts are the perfect parent according to CPS. NO WORRIES

[@chuckreid6274]

to my untrained eye, the baby looks fine and quiet

[@donniemcleroy3841]

im sorry to say but if those newborn babies have to be born addicted to large adult measurements of drugs and go through the horrible stages of withdrawal and weining them off of whatever drug and quantity their mother is doing and get through it to live then why cant the women get off of drugs when they find out they are pregnant the "mothers" sit there and say how hard it is to get off of drugs and go though withdrawals and how it effects them what about the poor little babies that are forced to be addicted because of their selfish mothers choice not to get help and continue to do drugs when they know they are pregnant i think that known addicts that become pregnant need to be forced to get addiction help or have legal consequences

[@wilmabelt6406]

I agree completely!

[@runningformylifeful]

Because if they try to detox while pregnant they could kill their unborn baby. Mother who have opioid use disorders are told by medical professionals not to quit cold turkey, as they could lose their baby. Instead the mother’s are put on mediation assisted treatment (MAT). There are also people who have opioid use disorders and need to be on MAT their entire lives due to PAWS (post acute withdrawal syndrome). Should those people who have overcome their addiction be doomed to never have babies? What about people who have chronic pain and need to take opioids in their pregnancy? It is not as black and white as you think.

[@Godoftheturnaround]

Happy ending !!! Praise God

[@jackieneil5232]

he is so cute who is he going home with

[@leisaarbeau3644]

Can you adopt these babies

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

Yeah, if you hate yourself enough

[@thatguybrando]

Who is he going home with?

[@mrsnovi4christ]

depends on the judge and the CPS executes the decision of the court. Sad thing is if the mother is on methadone she gets to bring the baby home. Instead of encouraging mothers to totally clean up their system they are being supplied with methadone which can produce another drug addicted baby when they get pregnant. The cycle will never stop the way the govt hands out free methadone.

[@sillysongbird9945]

sad

[@sarahreinhard2167]

I was a drug exsposted kid it is not easy got taken away from my mom but she never went to jail seriosuly makes me so mad I hate her tell this day

[@jenirasdaily3435]

Ik what your going to same for me

[@xo7499]

was she never in your life????

[@debrarouselle6140]

Alcohol and pot do same damage.

[@anthonyvillalva6115]

Why don’t they talk about how these babies, how there going to deal with disabilities all their lives. Mental delays and health problems, what programs have been set up for these children. Special education is not going to fix all their mental delays. Their damage for life,

[@davidmeiliken3163]

You mean 3

[@TabithaTK7]

Why is the mothers not going to jail for this? Please tell me that baby isn't going home to his mother!

[@sult78]

+Tabitha Knight how stupid can you give a reaction to something you dont nothing about ? my son is born with the same issues and i didnt take any form of hard drugs but had prescribed antidepressants. doctors told me that it wont harm my child. but sadly it did. So do not judge !!!

[@TabithaTK7]

well instead of calling me stupid use your own judgement next time you are pregnant and taking any prescription drug...dont trust a doctor to tell you anything... you have a mind of your own.. learn to use it...

[@sult78]

Small minded people ..i dont blame them. I know that something whent wrong at birth with them too. And that all without any form of medicion. Hahaha sad but true

[@TabithaTK7]

bullshit Jess2000..everyone gets a second opinion....you cant trust doctors today....when your child is involved and drugs.. you better believe I'm getting a second opinion...

[@r.vasquez9090]

2016 and still thinking Anti-Depressants are completely safe. Use your fucken head!

[@InnannasRainbow]

This treatment is very expensive and who pays for it? The taxpayer. The babies deserve help when withdrawing but it does put a huge strain on resources and money. There is no easy answer.

[@mazy0rana]

fuck you looser , let the baby live , eat your money

[@InnannasRainbow]

First of all, learn how to spell 'loser'. Second of all, it's very easy to act as though money does not matter but if you are presented with a large bill to pay and you don't have the money, things can get complicated. I did not say that the baby should not live, I said the treatment is very expensive and most people cannot afford it so the hospital has to absorb the cost and apply for more funding to keep the doors open. Funding helps but the cost absorbed by the hospital is enormous which results in cutbacks.

[@mrsnovi4christ]

10, 000$/ day for NICU with all the treatment for a NAS baby. go work harder we need to pay for this dumb mothers.

[@jesusramos3426]

This is crazy

[@BecD1983]

💔💔💔

[@Melanie-de5iq]

BABY IS SO CUTE AND CHUBBY AND SQUISHY

[@juliestevenson9151]

Sooo terrible sad

[@lyndsaywiebe8871]

Sick

[@zayasmami]

Women who find out they are pregnant when taking opiates CAN NOT STOP TAKING THE MEDICATION BECAUSE THE BABY MAY DIE. DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH BEFORE DISRESPECTING PPL WITH SUCH NASTY COMMENTS. I'M JUST SAYING IT'S PRETTY EASY TO GOOGLE ANY AND EVERYTHING NOW DAYS.

[@UncoordinatedPixie]

Just let it cry. It’ll be fine and it won’t remember anything.