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Funny Faces
My preemie’s specialty is making funny faces. From the time she was bout 6 months old she learned to make faces so people would laugh. She’s such a joy – and takes after her father! We have a silly household :).
Enjoy this gallery of funny faces!
What is your preemie’s favorite thing?
March of Dimes
I was just thinking… I really should get involved with the March of Dimes somehow. Embarrassingly, I’ve never done anything with the March of Dimes before and here I am trying to be an advocate for preemie babies! I actually did try to contact someone once through the March of Dimes website, but never got [...]
We Have a Winner!
A winner has been chosen! Thank you so much to those who commented and shared with all of us how your lives have been blessed by having or knowing a preemie baby. I loved reading the responses and I appreciate you taking the time to think positively. I believe that finding the good in hard [...]
It’s a GiveAway!
Dear Readers, I’m excited to announce a giveaway, provided generously by Inktastic.com! I have received some of their products and they are good quality, 100% cotton or organic cotton, and best of all they allow you to be creative and design your own cute baby clothes! I had a lot of fun designing my own [...]
The “Mozart Effect”
I’ve heard numerous times about how listening to Mozart improves learning capacity and intelligence in children and adults. Here is an article about the “Mozart effect” and its benefit to preemie babies. I’m sure we could all benefit from playing Mozart more in our homes and at our preemie’s bedside. Enjoy!
By Serena [...]
Headbox Oxygen
A headbox is basically a hard plastic box that sits directly over your preemie baby’s head while she is laying down and it is curved to allow room for her neck and it has oxygen tubing plugs at the top. With just the head covered the nurses can still easily change your preemie’s diapers and [...]
CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
It was extremely difficult for me to see my baby on CPAP because it looked so uncomfortable and my heart ached that I could not help my baby. This breathing treatment involved a mask of tubing that covered most of my baby’s face and she had to wear a hat so that the tubing could [...]
Hemangiomas
“What’s that big red spot on your baby’s head?” You’ll probably get that question every time someone sees your baby for the first time. A hemangioma is a large red bubbly spot somewhere on your baby’s head and it looks a lot like a giant blood blister. Despite how it looks, it doesn’t hurt your [...]
