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Graduating from Therapy is Possible

Graduating from Therapy is Possible

The day you get the call your child is coming home from the NICU is one of the best feelings in the world. Then the emotions and realizations set in that my child is coming home, with monitors and cords galore as well as oxygen tanks, and we aren’t near ready. We were...
Delight Despite Delays

Delight Despite Delays

Sometimes you don’t need to fight for your child. Sometimes they can just play, just be. Sometimes, for parents preemies or special needs kids, it’s hard to know when it is one of those “sometimes.” When my son was born at 23 weeks gestation, I...
School, but My Child is Only 3?!

School, but My Child is Only 3?!

Many of us come home from the NICU and enter a whole new world.  We have countless doctor appointments, monitors, medications, etc.  A lot of us also are introduced to a form of early intervention services for our child.  In Texas these services are call ECI, each...