by Cristal Grogan | Apr 3, 2015 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
Dear Mom trying to hold it together, I’m sorry that your little one is having such a hard time lately. I’m just never quite sure if I should try to strike up a conversation with you as we awkwardly wait in this cold, little room. I want to respect your privacy and I...
by Lesley Donaldson-Reid | Jan 28, 2015 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
I spent a year waiting to see if I could live with the man I married (he didn’t live in the same country until a month after the fact) before we considered having children. Three, to be precise. One to complain that they were the oldest child, one to complain...
by Cristal Grogan | Sep 24, 2014 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
It’s 5am. Tears well in my eyes as I fill the tub, holding a squirming, poop-covered toddler. I can’t believe this has been happening daily for a month now. What if he never outgrows this phase? How am I supposed to get through the day if I’m already falling apart? No...