The Importance of Early Intervention
While lots of kids big and small are headed back to school soon, our son is still a year away from starting preschool. We have been so blessed with his progress. We were informed when our son came...
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Celebrating Every Preemie Milestone
When my first child rolled over for the first time, her daddy and I cheered. We applauded her when she sat and later when she crawled. We laughed when she said her first word, “duck”, and laughed...
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What Physical Therapy has Meant for My Preemie and Me
The definition for the word therapy is “therapeutic treatment especially of bodily, mental, or behavorial disorder”. When you first discover that your preemie will need physical therapy (PT), you...
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Biggest Prematurity Lesson? Shake It Off
The moment you have a premature child you are faced with uncertainty and sometimes that uncertainty is caused by mixed messages and information which can make you feel like you were just hit by a Mack...
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Christmas Wish List: Toys for Preemies
Being a preemie parent I’ve seen and learned a lot of things and have had the unique opportunity to understand things differently than most of my termie parent friends. A lot of what I saw and learned...
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When do you stop using your preemie’s adjusted age?
There is current thought that the amount of time your preemie needs to catch up is directly related to how many weeks he was premature. This newer formula takes the number of weeks your preemie was...
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Waiting for Your Preemie to Walk
“Wait!” and then, “no, this way!” is all I seem to be yelling now once my son and I are out the door in the morning. I am trying to rush him to the car, but, as is the case with most toddlers, he has a...
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