by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 30, 2020 | Medical Info & Resources
by Kelli Croll, PT, MSPT, C/NDT March is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, providing an opportunity to inform, aware, and support those with cerebral palsy. We teamed up with CPATH Texas to provide you with the information you need to know. What is cerebral...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 23, 2020 | Mental Health
Photo credit: Jodi Ellen Photography When Ben was in the NICU, I would wake up in the morning and for a moment everything was fine. For a brief second as I woke, I would forget. Then suddenly, my world would come crashing down, and I would remember where I was, and...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Feb 24, 2020 | Family Stories
Photo courtesy Erica Brennes Comparison is the thief of joy. Someone is always going to have it worse than you, and someone is always going to have it better. I spent my first five days as a mom being wheeled up and down hospital hallways to visit my...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Feb 3, 2020 | Life after the NICU
It was Teddy Roosevelt who famously said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Psychologists estimate that 10% of our daily thoughts are comparisons. I would argue that this number seems a little low when it comes to parents. When my twin pregnancy ended at...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Jan 24, 2020 | Finances & Insurance, Medical Info & Resources
For many preemies, plagiocephaly (and in some cases, brachycephaly) are yet another thing in which they struggle. Our son became a high risk after having three bowel surgeries, as a direct result of NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis). He spent much of his early months...
