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Ear Tubes
- By barwest2 · Posted 10:40 am
- In Open discussion · 1 reply
- It looks like my son (now 8 mos, 5 adjusted) will need ear tubes as he has failed or shown little response to OAE's and the one ABR he took, in one ear in particular. There is a suspicion that he has ...
Actual Vs Adjusted age?
- By NewPreemieMom · Posted 9:17 am
- In Growing up and education · 5 replies
- In many of the posts, of course, people are talking about actual vs. adjusted age. My little girl, Lyla, was born at 34 weeks and weighed 4 lbs 10 oz. The neo ped told me that he doesn't consider Lyla ...
NEC took away our son
- By weloveEthan_n_Caleb · Posted 8:21 am
- In Open discussion · 7 replies
- We had our twins, Ethan and Caleb, at 27 weeks and 5 days on Oct. 3rd 2009. They've been doing excellent and expecting to go home in a couple weeks. In the past couple weeks both boys' stool been tested ...
gift ideas
- By Aunt2two · Posted 5:25 am
- In In the NICU/PICU · 5 replies
- Hi my sister in law had identical twin girls at exactly 24 weeks. Madison was 1.5 lbs and Riley was 1.4 lbs. At 5 days old they are hanging in there. I am going to visit in a couple of days and I would ...
New sounds a good sign for child with speech delay?
- By wall-e_fans_mom · Posted 4:13 am
- In Open discussion · 1 reply
- As some here might already know my son is a now 19month old 26 weeker who has been havig a bit of his delay in his speech. While we've been getting a little bit of progress n his receptive speech (small ...
High BP in an 18 month old?
- By mipsy · Posted yesterday at 11:24 pm
- In Open discussion · 5 replies
- My son had his BP taken twice today. They took it three times the first time before being ok with the number and it was 119/72 and them 8 hours later they took it 5 times before settling on a number which ...
Questions for moms
- By Hopesmom08 · Posted yesterday at 10:37 pm
- In Open discussion · 2 replies
- Hello mommies, I haven't taken multivitamins since giving birth to Hope, but before that it was Flintstones so it has been years. No one in my family takes them and i want to start, as i am anemic, i ...
Coming off Neocate
- By jemsmom09 · Posted yesterday at 9:31 pm
- In Open discussion · 0 replies
- my son was on neocate until 15 months and had loose/watery stools his whole life and now that he's off of the formula he is still going the same way. anyone else deal(ing) with the same issue? not sure ...
Back to Square 1
- By greysmom · Posted yesterday at 7:49 pm
- In Open discussion · 5 replies
- Just needing a little hope from other moms. I felt like the most over-protective mother when calling the doctor for the third time this week, for calling him out of daycare for the 5th time. My two year ...
Itchy Skin HELP !!!!
- By Angel13008 · Posted yesterday at 6:28 pm
- In Open discussion · 3 replies
- I seemed to have had an allergic reaction to a medication doctor put me on for a UTI I discontuined the medicine and got another one . I started itching like crazy for a day a now and cant find any relief ...
physical therapy stories
- By mommyinneed · Posted yesterday at 3:09 pm
- In Open discussion · 2 replies
- hello. I'm looking for some inspiration on physical therapy. My son is going to be getting PT twice a week pretty soon to maximize his potential. Lately I've been trying to get in the routine of stretching ...
Baby B is drinking her bottle!
- By lchang4 · Posted yesterday at 11:36 am
- In Open discussion · 0 replies
- Hi all, Just want to let everyone know that my Baby B is signed off with the GI doctor and he said we could decrease her bottle calories from 24 to regular 20. Since the change 2 weeks ago, she's finishing ...
24 weeks 6 days and HOME
- By grandmaof24wktwins · Posted yesterday at 11:29 am
- In Going home/family · 3 replies
- My twin Grandbabies born July 27th at 24 weeks 6 days and weighing 1.5 pounds are both going to be home. The little boy came home almost three weeks ago on day 99. The little girl comes home tommorow ...
volume of solid foods??
- By mamaseeta · Posted yesterday at 4:51 am
- In Open discussion · 4 replies
- we've started our solid foods and sofia has had rice cereal, oat cereal and barley cereal. next we move onto mixed cereal. it is very exciting and fun to watch our little baby eat!! my question is: how ...
what is going on with my baby?
- By melanie9392 · Posted November 22, 2009
- In Open discussion · 10 replies
- My daughter has been nursing well for over four months now. Just the past few days when I feed her she will eat for a few seconds than scream n cry than eat and scream over n over till I give up. Than ...
Is it possible to overfeed a small baby with a g-tube?
- By kristalee · Posted November 22, 2009
- In Open discussion · 2 replies
- We just brought our son, Lucas home from the NICU this week. He spent the first three months of his life there, and he's now about 1 month adjusted. Lucas was born with severe hypotonia and hydrocephelus ...
Preemie Moms in NYC (UpperWest Side)
- By nyctwinmom · Posted November 22, 2009
- In Open discussion · 0 replies
- Hi! I am a mom of twins (a girl and a boy) who are 6.5 months old (4.5 months age adjusted) born at 30 weeks. I live on UpperWest side, and would love to meet other moms with preemies in the neighborhood ...
When to start cereal
- By dpwarren3 · Posted November 22, 2009
- In Going home/family · 10 replies
- We had our first neonatal appointment yesterday. My son was born at 25 wks 5 days and spent three months in the NICU. He is now 13 weeks, 0 adjusted. The doctor told us to start him on cereal in a month ...
Just turned 24 weeks (5 days old)
- By jordanslove · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Introduce your very important preemie (VIP) · 13 replies
- Well I gave birth to our son, Jordan last Saturday at 23 weeks 1 day gestation weighing 1 lb. 2 ounces. He's now in the NICU, looking good and doing well and has turned a week old. For a first time mom ...
Sweating
- By Hopesmom08 · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Open discussion · 3 replies
- My daughter tends to sweat alot, whether it be while she's eating, sleeping, playing or just sitting in the car. My question is, it is quite stuffy and hot in our room the window is broke so i am unable ...
