by Leigh Ann Torres | Nov 19, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Kelly Mantoan, Special Needs Mom Special needs mom, Kelly Mantoan, a mother of five and advocate for families raising children with disabilities, gives some solid advice to parents. Two of her children have spinal muscular atrophy and she candidly shares the...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Oct 1, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Missy Haughery, Twin & Special Needs Mom Twin and special needs mom Missy Haughery shares her journey of raising twins—one with Down syndrome—and the lessons she wishes she’d known from the start. She is as candid about the struggles, in parenthood and...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Mar 5, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Valerie Rodriguez, Special Needs Mom Valerie Rodriguez wasn’t planning on a lot of things: another pregnancy, multiples, a NICU stay or even having to say goodbye to one of her boys. In this episode she shares how she found her new normal, navigating grief,...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Feb 19, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Britt Fisk, Special Needs Mom & Cancer Survivor Her daughter was diagnosed with spina bifida during a tenuous spinal surgery, and then she was diagnosed with breast cancer. As the mom of eight, Britt Fisk knows a thing or two about surrendering control. Her...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Oct 16, 2024 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Mary Lenaburg, Special Needs & Bereaved Mom Hope needs a face. We often wonder how parents and caregivers of very medically fragile children can find joy and hope, even in the midst of long days, hospital stays and unimaginable grief, but they do. Today’s...
