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Transition to finger foods
- By CoastieWife88 · New reply 9:01 pm
- Discussion in Growing up and education · 1 reply
- At what age should babies be off of liquid or spoon fed baby food? I mean some of it obviously has to be with a spoon like yogurt, applesauce and what not, but as far as purees go. My son is doing pretty ...
Delays in Fine Motor Skills
- By chandralynn · New reply 8:48 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 4 replies
- Amanda just had another visit from IFS (Infant Family Services) yesterday, and her physical therapist has concerns about Amanda's fine motor skills. Amanda isn't grabbing for toys or holding onto them ...
Christmas tree with an 18mo old?
- By 29weekevan · New reply 8:46 pm
- Discussion in Growing up and education · 10 replies
- Evan will be about 18 mos (actual) this Christmas. He just learned how to walk 2 weeks ago. He is into everything!! Everything still goes into his mouth and everything he sees is his playground. I don't ...
how long is too long
- By maaucha · New reply 8:44 pm
- Discussion in In the NICU/PICU · 5 replies
- i had my little girl at 26 weeks, she has been on the ventilator for 4 months now. ok, im concerned if she has been there for too long. anyone with a similar condition out there ...
GI doc appt.
- By Jen8825 · New reply 8:43 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 3 replies
- We r taking our little Domenic to the GI doctor today. Hopefully we will get some answers, he is just in so much pain after he eats he cant get comfortable and doesnt sleep much which is so hard for us ...
In the hospital:-(
- By sshuckhart · New reply 8:42 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 6 replies
- Both of my little ones have been fighting a cold on and off for about a month. They both seemed to be on the mend, and then started getting congested again. On Thursday evening Ethan was really coughing ...
question
- By mommyinneed · Posted 8:06 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
- I'm looking for someone out there who has gone through a simular circumstance. My son was born at 30 weeks. He had no major complications, no brain bleeds, he was only on a vent for less then 24 hours ...
Premie with Grade II bleed (plus incompetent cervix, heart murmur surgery)
- By Hempre · New reply 7:15 pm
- Discussion in Preemie pregnancy · 13 replies
- Hello All, We had our baby 10 days ago, he was scheduled to arrive in feb but he came in early at 23 weeks and 5 days weighing only 1 lb 5oz. The doctors said that my wife has a classic textbook case ...
Post Gtube Advice?
- By mamaseeta · New reply 6:50 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 2 replies
- So, we got the gtube put in last Tuesday and left the hospital Thursday evening. It was only the 3rd procedure done at our hospital that was a straight to mic-key -using pegs. Thankfully the surgeon had ...
My sweet Massimo
- By canadianmom · New reply 6:37 pm
- Journal · 11 replies
- Massimo was born March 6th, 2009 at 24 weeks. We have been through hell and back with many complications. Massimo had PDA closed and had an intestinal perforation. The intestine was closed on May 30th ...
Eating Solids/Not Loving Her Bottle
- By Kaedyns_Mommy · New reply 6:08 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 7 replies
- So with the OK from Kaedyn's ped we've started her on vegetables. We started her off on Sweet Potatoes for 4 days to be sure she didn't have an allergic reaction and now we are on carrots and doing the ...
Aluminum Toxicity/poisoning?
- By micropreemiemom · New reply 3:52 pm
- Journal · 15 replies
- My 28 weeker was a great baby. I refused Hep-b & MMR shots. But around 12 months he lost most of his words. He also became consistently cranky, always moaning, squealing, humming to things like the blender ...
11-8-09
- By ndskin77 · Posted 3:25 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- I feel helpless. Everytime I turn my will over to God - I seem to take it back! My son's are right where there suppose to be. My step- daughter is 7 and confused about her little brothers. I can not seem ...
Zantac
- By faddu · New reply 3:23 pm
- Discussion in Going home/family · 3 replies
- So my daughter was having trouble with feedings. The doc gave her some zantac (.5ml twice a day ) because she thought it was reflux. I always feel a bit hesitant about giving babies medicines that we ...
Good toys for Preemies
- By Mommie42983 · New reply 3:21 pm
- Discussion in Growing up and education · 2 replies
- Hi everyone! I am looking for some ideas for good toys for my daughter, who is 7 months old (4 months adjusted) for christmas. Of course she will be 9 months old (6 months adjusted) at christmas. Shis ...
Not swallowing food, storing in cheeks
- By ktjo103 · New reply 2:51 pm
- Discussion in Growing up and education · 1 reply
- My son, Beau who is now two and a half, is eating well, but sometimes does not swallow his food, he will store it in his cheeks. We have gone through the whole oral adversion, but thought we were past ...
Very rocky road after PDA Ligation
- By MyLittleBoo · New reply 2:40 pm
- Discussion in In the NICU/PICU · 5 replies
- Hello Everyone, My little boo, Isaac, is really struggling right now. He had his pda ligation surgery on Wednesday and since then he has had nothing but bradys and apnea spells. Before the surgery he ...
HOME NOW FOR 2 MONTHS
- By hassansmommy · New reply 1:41 pm
- Journal · 5 replies
- So, Hassan has been home since August 27th. He came home with Oxygen, pulseox monitor and a feeding tube. We used the feeding tube one time, we had the oxygen on the lowest setting and gradually weined ...
Looking for a Playtex Embrace Pump...anyone selling one???
- By wades_mommy · Posted 1:39 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
- I had this pump when I had Wade and it was amazing while he was in the NICU, the best pump I have ever used. Long story short, I lent it to a friend, who instead of giving it back when she was done, actually ...
Leval 4 bilateral brain bleed (both sides)
- By ndskin77 · New reply 12:00 pm
- Discussion in In the NICU/PICU · 12 replies
- I had my identical twin boys on october 30,2009 @ 25 wks. At 20 wks we had the Twin To Twin Surgery (they survived). Twin A benjamin has a bilateral leval 4 brain bleed Dr.'s say he will he will appear ...
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