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Cerebral Palsy: What to Know
March is National CP Awareness Month, providing an opportunity to inform, aware, and support those with cerebral palsy.
NICU PTSD in the Time of Coronavirus
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...
Free Webinar: The Parenting Path to Oral Feeding in the NICU
Join us on Wednesday, March 25 at 12:30 p.m. CST for a free webinar all about feeding: The Parenting Path to Oral Feeding in the NICU, presented by Dr. Brown's Medical.
Sleep Training and Your Preemie
A common question parents ask when it comes to sleep and their preemie is "When can we sleep train?" While preemies and NICU babies sleep a lot more than term babies, that sleep is often inconsistent and sporadic, leaving parents and caregivers exhausted and...
Let’s Talk About Human Milk Fortifiers: What Is It and Why Does My Baby Need It?
When a baby is in the NICU, there is a good chance that the baby will need extra attention paid to his or her nutrition. So much attention is given to human milk and breastfeeding that by now most people are very well aware that human milk is the ideal feeding for most infants. But it’s not always the very best for babies in the NICU! Parents of babies in the NICU are often surprised to learn that sometimes a mother’s breast milk isn’t enough.
Your Experience is Yours and Yours Alone
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...
Fetal Development Interrupted: What It Means & How Nutrition Has an Impact
During your NICU journey, you may have heard the NICU doctor or nurse describe premature birth as "fetal development interrupted." This phrase accurately describes why premature babies face developmental challenges - because their development has been interrupted....
When Comparison Steals Your Joy
When my twin pregnancy ended at 28 weeks with an emergency c-section and my babies were rushed to the NICU, I couldn’t help but compare my expectations and my reality. All of the dreams and plans I had for the birth of my twins were crushed. What I had imagined would never be. And if I’m being honest, in those first few days of NICU life, I had a hard time finding any joy.
5 New Year’s Resolutions for NICU Families
A new year is an opportunity to look back and reflect as we look forward to what's next. What New Year's resolutions do you have for your family?
Plagiocephaly: The 411
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...
Allow the Past to Shape the Future
It’s a new year, a new decade. My guess is that if you’re reading this, the past decade wasn’t the easiest. Or, maybe the first days of 2020 have been filled with the unexpected. No matter where you are in your journey, the new year can be a fresh start, but it can also be overwhelming.
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