Every achievement to which Enfant Soleil contributes has a tangible impact on the province’s children and families. Discover the importance of your generosity in Laval.
A look back at a project recently completed thanks to the support of Enfant Soleil
Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé
Creation of a neonatal breastfeeding room
Now complete, the neonatal breastfeeding room at Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé in Laval offers a warm, skin-to-skin and breastfeeding-friendly environment. It’s a welcoming place where newborns, babies, mums and families can relax and feel better while enjoying the peace and tranquility of skin-to-skin contact.
“For a family staying in a neonatal unit, being in a room like this, well adapted with furniture that will help to achieve several positions that can facilitate breastfeeding in a skin-to-skin context, really makes a big difference. Thank you, Enfant Soleil, for this beautiful breastfeeding room!” Valérie Chaput, lactation consultant, Neonatology Unit – Hôpital Cité-de-la-Santé de Laval
This project is a joint initiative of Enfant Soleil and the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux.
New projects to come to ensure children’s well-being
This year, $12,500 will be donated to provide a safe and ergonomic crib for children hospitalized in paediatrics. In addition, neonatal-paediatric scales equipped with a measuring rod will be purchased for the paediatric outpatient clinic to monitor children’s growth.
Milo Leblanc-Morin
Laval’s Enfant Soleil
He and his family are ambassadors for the cause in their region.
During his first week of life, Milo is having difficulty drinking and is losing weight at a worrying rate. Hospitalized for two days, he is then transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. He is then diagnosed with several pathologies: an abnormally small head, diseases affecting the muscles, delayed development and eating difficulties. The following two years are interspersed with countless medical appointments.
Milo suffers from a genetic disease, the name of which is still unknown. Today, at 3 and a half, he can sit up with supervision and stand up with help. Every day, he takes medication to control his seizure activity and does physiotherapy exercises. With the balance of the whole family affected by his health condition, it is with resilience that Milo’s parents and sisters live their daily lives.
“To donors, we’d like to say that your gesture, your gift of time or otherwise, makes a difference to the daily lives of so many people. A real difference, not the one at the bottom of a sheet of paper or on a list. More smiles at home, a respite, a laugh, a real difference. Thank you.” – Aude Cadieux-Leblanc, mother of Milo.