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Preemies and W-Sitting
As a preemie mom, I feel like I’ve been exposed to a lot of uncommon medical terms. (A coworker told me her nephew has been diagnosed with craniostynosis and I immediately knew what she was talking about.) However, the first time one of Addie’s therapists mentioned “W-sitting,” I was a little taken aback. “What sitting?” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the ER with my Preemie
I’ve been to the ER a few times with my preemie, when she has had croup and pneumonia, and it has always ended up seeming to be a waste of time and money. It’s strange, every time we’ve been sent there the drive was scary because my daughter couldn’t breathe or was coughing really hard [...]
Taking Your Preemie to Church
I attend a church where babies can go to the nursery when they are 18 months old. Before this time the children stay with their parents in classes and meetings, and when they are 3-4 years old they start attending classes with children their age. Most parents in my church can’t wait for the 18-month [...]
Reflux: Does it Ever End?
My 27-weeker had reflux and we had her on Prevacid and Regalin; I never thought either of them helped much. It was very frustrating! She spit up a ton, sheesh, I think until she was around 1-year old. She was still spitting up when we were feeding her mostly table food. We didn’t have any [...]
Bragging Rights
Hello all you preemie parents out there! Here’s your chance to brag about your preemie, or any of your other miracle children. Just for the fun of it! I’ll take my turn right now: My preemie has the silliest personality and a great sense of humor! She loves to sing and she makes songs up [...]
