by Carolyn Leighton-Hilborn | May 4, 2015 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life, Siblings
May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day Okay, so we all know it’s important to wash our hands throughout the day, but do you really take hand hygiene that seriously? According to Judah G, Aunger R, Schmidt WP, Michie S, Granger S, Curtis V., “Despite widespread knowledge of...
by Lesley Donaldson-Reid | Apr 13, 2015 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
It’s important to prepare yourself and your family to take your baby to the emergency room (ER) even if you don’t know when that emergency will happen. Preemies and other NICU babies going home may have diagnosed medical problems such as hydrocephalus from...
by Beth Puskas | Apr 10, 2015 | Inspiration, Life after the NICU
Two weeks before my preemie’s second birthday, I was chatting with a mom after story time, and I noticed her baby pulling up to stand and cruising around the library’s furniture. “Wow, look at him go!” I remarked. “How old is he?” I...
by Cristal Grogan | Feb 20, 2015 | Life after the NICU, NICU Life
We all picture the day our baby’s gummy smile is suddenly changed by their first teeth erupting. I mean, what’s cuter than a little baby looking up at you with their tiny new pearly whites grinning back at you? But what if there were issues that your preemie could be...
by Shoshana Koch | Feb 16, 2015 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
Luca was born at 26 weeks, 5 days. We were permitted to see our newborn briefly after his birth, once all life-sustaining equipment had been placed. Our baby was thirteen weeks premature and out of my womb. We weren’t even thinking about his homecoming. His...
