by Melissa Haber | Jan 6, 2014 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
As the parent of a preemie, at some point during your NICU stay, or soon after, you will hear the famous, or infamous, “catch up by two” expression. This means that by two years old, your child is expected to have caught up developmentally with his or her peers. While...
by Dani Curliss | Jul 26, 2013 | Life after the NICU
I remember sitting in the NICU, looking at my sweet and very tiny baby girl. We were just three days into the NICU life and I was feeling upset and overwhelmed when I would think about being there at least another 40 days. I didn’t know how I was going to get through...
by Stephanie Goley | Feb 20, 2013 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU
As parents, our tendency is to protect our children and solve their problems – sometimes to a fault. Mothers, especially, have a keen sense of being able to predict what their children need, before the children know themselves, and race to provide whatever that...
by Melissa Haber | Feb 18, 2013 | Life after the NICU
When my daughter Daphne came home after five months in the NICU, we took her to the first pediatrician appointment not knowing what to expect. After all, she had been followed by just about every kind of specialist in the hospital, and we had a long schedule of...
by Marty Barnes | Feb 15, 2013 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
Milestones, standardized tests, and growth charts quickly become a nightmare for parents/caregivers of a preemie or medically involved child. Instead of being things to look forward to they are constant reminders of what your child is NOT doing. I think the first...
