by Summer Hill-Vinson | Dec 22, 2016 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
Three and a half years ago, we bundled our second preemie into her car seat and left the NICU in our rearview mirror. We have since moved to a new state, built a house, and started new jobs. Our kids run and play, and on the surface, they look nothing like the tiny...
by Summer Hill-Vinson | Jul 11, 2016 | Life after the NICU, NICU Life
Preemies are not small full-term babies, and parenting a preemie is its own unique roller coaster of joys and challenges separate from the standard newborn experience. Here are 9 ways the experience of parenting preemies is unique. Having a preemie begins a journey,...
by Summer Hill-Vinson | Jan 13, 2016 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
Within a 6-week span, we bought our first house, moved 400 miles to a new city, and became parents, 14 weeks early. We had no local support network. No church. No friends from work. No people to call in a pinch. No one to bake us casseroles or tie balloons on our...
by Summer Hill-Vinson | Jul 20, 2015 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
During J’s 91 days in the NICU, I was so focused on bringing him home that I really didn’t think past the car ride home. All I knew was that things had to be better when we were together as a family, when I could really get to know the baby taken from me when he was...
by Summer Hill-Vinson | Apr 24, 2015 | Life after the NICU
Childhood vaccinations are often a hot topic these days, but so much of the discussion is about immunizing healthy, full-term babies. Is the conversation any different when it involves preemies? When my 26-weeker hit the 2-month mark, he was still hospitalized, and...
