by Lindsay Rosenfeld | May 3, 2021 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Inspiration, Life after the NICU
Resilience is an odd term. Its meaning varies so wildly. It’s typically used to describe some inherent personal quality, i.e. “look how resilient they are!” I know better. While there are aspects that are personal, there are many more layers that have nothing to do...
by Guest Blogger | Nov 2, 2020 | Family Stories
At just 20 weeks, I went in for what I believed was a routine anatomy ultrasound for my baby. My son has always been a goofball, even in the womb, so at this particular scan, he hid all of the important structures the doctor needed to see, and I was ordered to come...
by Guest Blogger | Jul 27, 2020 | Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
UPDATED JULY 2020 I have been doing infant massage in the NICU (and with my own kids) for over 15 years and feel it is one of the most important activities I teach to parents while their babies are in the NICU. The skin is the largest organ of the body with thousands...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Jul 9, 2020 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
UPDATED JULY 2020 This page contains affiliate links. Hand to Hold only recommends products we’ve either personally checked out ourselves or come from people we know and trust. For doing so, Hand to Hold may receive a commission, which helps us fund the development of...
by Cheryl Silinskas | Jul 22, 2019 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
All of us have to say goodbye to our old selves, our lives before (medically fragile) child. It hit me when I broke my favorite blue and white patterned plates. The visions I had of dinner parties, book clubs, a fun and relaxing home full of guests…just...
