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Fathers of preemies
With much of the attention - rightfully so - placed on the baby and mother during the hospital/NICU stay, dads are an all too often overlooked party in this journey. This is the place for dads to connect and discuss their concerns and parenting strategies.
Addison Grace Hartwig
- By concerneddaddy102809 · New reply November 4, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hello all, I am John and i have a million questions as you all probably had as well when this first happened with your baby. Firstly, my baby's name is Addison Grace Hartwig. Second, she was born 3 lbs ...
No more Therapy for my 13 (11) month old baby!!
- By XanderymamiK · New reply September 30, 2009
- 2 replies
- My son Alexander was born at 30.3 weeks and he started to have therapy after he had his 8 month observation (6 adjusted) he started his therapy sessions at home once a week for 4 months. Even though the ...
Any Preemie Dads willing to connect?
- By CalliesMommy · New reply September 26, 2009
- 9 replies
- My husband is going through a rough time and doesn't know who to turn to. Are there any fathers on here that would be willing to email him advice or chat on MSN ...
baby not pooping/Distended belly
- By brielle-08 · New reply April 28, 2009
- 54 replies
- Hello, My baby girl was born at 26 1/2 weeks, she is now 36 weeks gestation age, She is still in the NICU, and the only thing that is keeping her from coming home is her distending belly, and not being ...
Dad is not connecting
- By jojosmom · New reply March 13, 2009
- 8 replies
- Jojo dad is very distant from him. he was not like this at all when jojo was in the nicu but since he has been home he seems afraid to hold and play with him. He seems less enthusiastic about anything ...
Grieving Fathers Support?
- By MaddensMom · New reply September 12, 2008
- 10 replies
- My husband is in need of a support group, a book..some information on grieving to let him know that he is ok and normal. We lost our son on August 14th due to complications of being born too soon. I fully ...
Matthew and Jacob
- By redbankrob · Posted August 27, 2008
- 0 replies
- Check out my 19 month handsome dudes! recent http://rwilsonphotography.blogspot.com/2 008/08/matt-and-jakes-play-house.html this is a slide show from 1 minute to 6 months old http://rwilsonphotography.blogspot.com/2 ...
Father of a Preemie
- By CallysMommy · New reply July 28, 2008
- 3 replies
- Father to a two month early preemie, Cally. We love you Daddy! http://sites.bundleofjoys.com/cally/vide os.php?id=1462#video ...
ONE YEAR
- By erniedellisanti · New reply June 29, 2008
- 13 replies
- HEY THERE ALL!!!!! I would just like to tell you that my son Joseph has just reached his first birthday! Joey was born a micropremie (12 oz 9.5 inches) on February 17th 2007. After 4 1/2 months in the ...
The Greatest Gift of All...
- By dloewenstein · New reply June 16, 2008
- 9 replies
- I close my eyes on some days and can see the vivid images of twelve years ago as if they were only yesterday. Through burning tears, my wife and I had stared down upon my tiny daughter Rachel, born four ...
Have a request
- By mayhemmomma · New reply June 10, 2008
- 11 replies
- I've entered my husband into a Fantastic Father contest through our local newspaper. Our daughter was born 15 weeks early. He has been my pilar of strength throughout our journey. Our little girl is now ...
Selfish Father
- By nowlin346 · New reply March 24, 2008
- 1 reply
- The father of baby Adayah, does not visit her often. He claims that he cannot go through losing another child, The first child died of SIDS. I think that he is immature and selfish. just venting, need ...
Tis the Season to Be Grateful...
- By dloewenstein · Posted December 28, 2007
- 0 replies
- As I reflect upon this holiday season my youngest daughter Amy age 7 is sitting on my lap teaching me how to make snowflakes with paper and scissors. My oldest daughter Rachel is glued to her computer ...
Family...who are these people?
- By preemiedad · New reply December 10, 2007
- 15 replies
- Happy Thanksgiving. or so I thought. My bother and his family came up for the holiday and brought along his 2 sick kids. As soon as they walked in the door my wife and I knew they were sick. His wife ...
Preemie Fathers
- By cjtmusicman · New reply December 2, 2007
- 5 replies
- I would like to invite any fathers to this discussion. My sons were born on November 6th, 2006. They weighed 2 lbs, 9 oz. and 2 lbs, 11 oz. respectively. My wife's water broke on my firstborn, two weeks ...
Happy Fathers Day!
- By Jgrice · New reply November 27, 2007
- 1 reply
- To all of the Dads out there Happy Fathers Day. I was blessed by the early arrival of my daughter Allison on 6/12/07 born at just 24 weeks she is my little angel weighing in at 1lb 11 oz I believe that ...
Afternoon fussy time
- By srod · New reply November 4, 2007
- 3 replies
- We just came home on Monday after 80 plus days in the NICU with our 27 week son. One thing we noticed when doing couple care with him and also at the hospital is that he is fussy after his afternoon feeding ...
