Browsing all posts in July, 2010.
Starting a March for Babies Family Team
While our daughter Addie was in the NICU for 135 days, we struggled a lot with feeling isolated. Our small support system was great, but most of our friends were far away and those that did live close had small children that were restricted from visiting the hospital due to the H1N1 outbreak. We would [...]
Why Do Preemies Have Flat Heads? (Part 2)
Back in February, Afton wrote a great post about premature babies having flat heads. The official term for “flat head syndrome” is plagiocephaly. Preemies usually have positional plagiocephaly due to lying in one position for a long period of time during their NICU stay. If you notice that your child has a flat spot on [...]
The Story of Jack Matthew
This story was shared by Lindsay, one of our readers. I am writing to share our story of our 24 week (15 ounces) miracle with you…JACK MATTHEW Now a little timeline of our whirlwind before I begin. Matt and I had our first date in april 2005, engaged 2 weeks later, married 1 year later, [...]
Making Your Marriage Work in the NICU
Any marriage can and will change with the birth of a new baby, especially when it’s the first child being born to new parents. When a baby’s arrival doesn’t goes as planned, though—when a child is born with health issues or simply comes too soon—that’s when preserving a marriage takes a lot more work! My [...]
Speech Delays and Sign Language
Our two year old daughter is very verbal. She uses over 300 words regularly and is starting to string together short sentences, which is fairly typical for an average 24 month old. Six months ago, however, Addie only used three words: mama, dada, and Puppy (her nighttime lovey), despite the fact that we talked, sang, [...]
Your Baby Wears Glasses?
Our daughter Adeline has been wearing glasses since she was thirteen months old, nearly a year ago. For the first few months, we were questioned by a lot of people, “How did you know that she needed glasses?” Depending on the situation, I’ll sometimes give the short answer. “Addie was born prematurely and she visits [...]
Guilt, Blame & Jealousy
When my little one was first born 11 weeks early, I questioned everything about my pregnancy. What could I have done differently that would have kept my little one from being stuck in the NICU fighting for her life? Did the doctors overlook something at my previous appointment? Why was this happening to us? It [...]
Preserving Memories in the NICU
There’s an old cliché that says, “Hindsight is 20/20.” Never is that more true than a long NICU stay with a micropreemie! Most of my regrets revolve around my memory-keeping techniques—and here’s the way I wish I had done things: I would have taken pictures of Adeline every day. I would have put her next [...]
