About Us
Creche Innovations — A company dedicated to creating solutions for fragile infants and their caregivers. Our mission is to work with parents and caregivers to seek out the unmet needs of fragile babies and to develop quality products that that exceed safety and quality expectations. We are a small, agile company looking to build on our strong relationships and customer loyalty to make Creche innovations a platform for innovation, communication and education.
We invite you to join us at Creche Innovations to help us identify problems, find inspiration or look for ideas in unexpected places. Call us if you are frustrated, inspired or creative! We believe there is an innovative solution to every problem.
Our History
You may have known us as Neonatal Product Group — the manufacturer of the eXpresso™ Milk Warmer. The Neonatal Product Group was created as a result of a nurse’s simple observation that lead to a new way to improve traditional practice. Jan Shields, LVT, BSN, RNC, with 13 years of experience as a neonatal nurse and several inventions to her credit, was concerned with the standard practice of warming frozen breast milk in a styrofoam cup with hot tap water. “I discovered that some of it was way too hot and some was not warm enough. We measure everything else we do with these preemies very carefully. We control every aspect of their existence to keep it as close to the ‘in utero’ condition as we can. Then, we feed them breast milk or formula of unknown temperature.”
Jan contracted Millennium Marketing Group based in Overland Park, Kansas, for venture capital, marketing and product development expertise of the eXpresso™. Based on customer enthusiasm and a clear market need, the Neonatal Product Group moved quickly to license the product. The subsequent growth of the company and the success of this cornerstone product made it clear to the Neonatal Product Group team that there was a real opportunity to work with parents and hospital staff to create solutions to optimize infant care. Creche Innovations was established to more clearly identify with the company vision and our broader focus moving forward.