by Hand to Hold Staff | May 25, 2017 | Medical Info & Resources
Your baby is home from the hospital, everyday life is returning to a new “normal,” and you’re seeing positive changes in your child each day. However, you may still have concerns about their growth and development as a NICU baby. Every child’s...
by Beth Puskas | Apr 24, 2017 | Life after the NICU
During the 29 weeks I was pregnant with my preemie, I tried to go for as many walks as I could. Those walks helped me feel so much better mentally, as well as physically. As I walked I would lovingly rub my growing belly, the weather growing colder as fall turned into...
by Beth Puskas | Oct 27, 2016 | Life after the NICU
When your preemie has a developmental delay, such as a speech or gross motor delay, nothing is worse than when other parents say you will “rue the day” you ever complained about your preemie not talking, or not walking. Or how about when they have a fine motor...
by Leigh Ann Torres | May 13, 2016 | Medical Info & Resources
UPDATED JUNE 2020 The other day one of my 8-year-old twins told me she was having trouble seeing. Like many things, eye problems were something I thought we had left behind long ago. “Like how?” I asked. “Are you having trouble seeing the board at...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Apr 18, 2016 | Life after the NICU
My 8-year-old twin girls graduated from occupational therapy last week. Our journey in therapy has not been a long one. For years I counted us among the lucky ones: 31-weekers who, through babyhood and toddlerhood, showed no immediate signs of needing assistance. They...
