by Kristin Beuscher | Feb 10, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
Sometimes, despite your best intentions, breastfeeding a preemie just doesn’t work out. And that’s OK. During my pregnancy I had vowed that I would try breastfeeding when the time arose. The problem was, when I delivered at 28 weeks I was utterly...
by Kathy McClelland | Feb 5, 2014 | Life after the NICU
G tubes. They didn’t exist 50 years ago. Think of all the babies they’ve helped go from failure to thrive to thriving. That’s the case for my son. It was a difficult decision to make but I’m glad we did. My second child was born with severe special needs. One of the...
by Kelli Kelley | Aug 21, 2013 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month. It may seem odd to some that we need a designated month to promote something as natural as breastfeeding. But the truth is, breastfeeding is not always easy nor does it always feel natural. From low milk supply to engorgement,...
by Guest Blogger | Jul 29, 2013 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
Since working with parents in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for more than 15 years (can I really be that old?) it seems every parent enters the NICU certain of one thing—their baby needs to grow to go home. We dietitians become pretty obsessed with...
by Kathryn Whitaker | Apr 5, 2013 | Life after the NICU
I didn’t know it was possible for someone so small to throw up so much. Indeed, it is possible. The first year of my son’s life was rocky, to put it mildly. He contracted necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) on day eight of life and we began a pretty delicate...
