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 Hand to Hold Staff | Apr 27, 2017 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life, Professional Insight
UPDATED JUNE 2020 When a baby is born premature or with special health care needs, they require immediate, intensive care. With all the medical interventions and monitoring it’s easy to start seeing your baby as a patient, instead of the little person that they...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Feb 24, 2016 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources
In our latest Facebook chat, we spoke to Doug Levine of Growing Places Therapy in Austin, TX. Doug has practiced therapy for 19 years and has provided services in the home setting, clinic settings, school districts, Early Childhood Intervention, and has worked closely...
by Guest Blogger | Jan 20, 2016 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
A prescription for physical, occupational, or speech therapy is like a prescription for antibiotics—you can have it filled wherever you choose. Unlike a medication, however, the therapist you choose will have an ongoing relationship with you and your child that your...
by Beth Puskas | Oct 27, 2014 | Inspiration, Life after the NICU
The definition for the word therapy is “therapeutic treatment especially of bodily, mental, or behavorial disorder”. When you first discover that your preemie will need physical therapy (PT), you probably think it is only for the therapeutic treatment of something...
