by Hand to Hold Staff | Jan 17, 2023 | Medical Info & Resources
by Jenna Maxfield While there are many precautions parents can take to protect their NICU graduates from contracting illnesses such as a cold, the flu, RSV or COVID-19, sometimes the inevitable happens. Between school, play dates, family visits and running errands,...
by Melissa Vandermeer | Jan 17, 2022 | NICU Life
Your family member or friend just had a NICU baby, and you are eager to provide help and support wherever possible but aren’t quite sure where to start. The first weeks and sometimes months, while the baby is in the NICU, are very stressful for parents. One of the...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Dec 6, 2021 | NICU Life
When parents have a baby in the NICU, it can be difficult for friends and family to anticipate how to most effectively help them through this stressful and difficult time. We’ve put together three solid ways in which friends and family can help someone in the...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Nov 22, 2021 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
When it comes to prematurity and the NICU, it can be hard to separate myth from fact. Parents are flooded with information from doctors, nurses and well-meaning friends and family. Not to mention the internet, which has its own pros and cons. For those currently on...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Nov 15, 2021 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
The NICU is hard, and it can be very lonely. NICU and preemie parents are often blindsided by their baby’s early birth and are left trying to make sense of what just happened, decipher all of the information the medical staff are giving them about their baby,...