by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 31, 2015 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
In July we held our latest Facebook chat, featuring special guest Cheryl Milford, Ed.S. Cheryl is an educational psychologist, providing psychological, neurodevelopmental and infant mental health services in neonatal intensive care units and developmental follow-up...
by Guest Blogger | Jul 29, 2015 | Emotional Health, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
Being an NICU parent has an incredible impact on your mental and emotional health. With the 5 NICU myths debunked, let’s look at skills and techniques that can help you through the hospitalization and after discharge. NICU mental health professionals know that having...
by Guest Blogger | Apr 30, 2014 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
The dreaded developmental milestones. Before your child is enrolled in school, these milestones feel like benchmark testing or a report card to rate your child compared to the expectations of his or her chronologically same-aged peers. As parents, I feel like we...
by Guest Blogger | Mar 31, 2014 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
I’ve always been career driven, knowing since I was a child that I would someday be a television news anchor. Yet people often told me, “Your priorities will change once you have kids.” I didn’t believe them. I absolutely love my job, sharing the news of the day to...
by Guest Blogger | Feb 27, 2014 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
Finding out you are pregnant is one of the most exciting things ever, especially if you had a difficult time getting there. We expect our pregnancies to be flawless and joyful. But, when you find out you are having triplets as I did, that world comes crashing down. ...