by Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 27, 2017 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life, Professional Insight
UPDATED JUNE 2020 When a baby is born premature or with special health care needs, they require immediate, intensive care. With all the medical interventions and monitoring it’s easy to start seeing your baby as a patient, instead of the little person that they...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 6, 2017 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
Raising a kid with special health and developmental needs can seem daunting. Often we come home from the NICU with a list of follow-up appointments to make, screenings to do and specialists to see. In honor of Occupational Therapy Month, we spoke with Rebecca Pokluda,...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 30, 2017 | NICU Life, Siblings
Sibling love is a tough journey for any family and even harder when you have a baby in the NICU. Learning to manage your own emotions, as well as the guilt and stress that comes with having a medically fragile child, can come at a large cost. When you add siblings...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 23, 2017 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life, Nutrition
by Anne Boon, MS, CCC-SLP After being intubated with a breathing tube for so many months Bryce’s ‘suck muscles’ were weak and trying to feed from the bottle took so much energy that he would tire out before filling his belly. We supplemented tube feedings by way of an...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 9, 2017 | Medical Info & Resources
While a baby was in the NICU they are often cared for by a NICU dietitian who monitored their nutrition, caloric intake, and growth. After discharge parents must continue to monitor their baby’s nutritional needs. A good discharge plan can help, but it is...