by Guest Blogger | May 31, 2013 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
A mom shares: “When Katelyn was born seven weeks early, it was tough. We just didn’t know how things would turn out. She has some delays and ongoing medical issues but, in the big picture, she is doing okay. The challenge now is how do we raise her to be strong and...
by Amy Carr | May 9, 2013 | Inspiration, News, Reviews & Giveaways
Mother’s Day during or after a baby’s stay in the neonatal intensive care unit is a milestone celebrated with joy and tears. So many emotions accompany the decision to have a child, to become a mother and to weather the storm that accompanies a...
by Amy Carr | May 3, 2013 | Emotional Health, NICU Life, Siblings
Hand to Hold, a national NICU parent support nonprofit, hosted a FB Chat on April 30, 2013 with Child Life Specialist Julie May of Dell Children’s Medical Center who facilitated a discussion on ways to care for siblings during and after a baby’s NICU stay....
by Bea Smith | Mar 4, 2013 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood, Life after the NICU, NICU Life, Siblings
For me, the hardest thing about being a parent to a special needs child is watching Caleb, our son who was born with VACTERL, go through what he has gone through: a NICU stay, four surgeries, numerous hospitalizations and ER visits, countless specialist appointments,...
by Laura Romero | Jul 23, 2012 | Life after the NICU, NICU Life, Siblings
If you are a parent like me, summertime brings with it mixed feelings. On one hand, I am so thankful to have the opportunity to spend some “lazy” days with my children enjoying the lack of routine and hurried days, but summer for parents of both typical children and...
