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Growing up and education
Your preemie is older, you've had ups and downs, and you've learned to manage the day-to-day activities and adjust to life as a preemie parent. Rest assured, the challenges are not over, they have merely evolved. Talk to other parents that are experiencing the same growing pains as their preemies become toddlers and enter the school-age years.
Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders
- By Henrysmom · Posted yesterday at 10:12 pm
- 0 replies
- Just wondering if anyone else has a child with an eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder (EGID). Yesterday my son had an endoscopy and we were notified tonight that there were high eosinophils in his ...
Family Birthday Activities?
- By CalliesMommy · New reply yesterday at 10:11 pm
- 4 replies
- Hi everyone, Callie is going to turn 1 next week, 8 1/2 months adjusted age. We are just going to have a party with me and my husband and Callie. We are hoping to do something fun. Can you all shar some ...
doing ok
- By momofa28weeker · New reply yesterday at 9:19 pm
- 3 replies
- my boy is doing well, he is almost 4 and i am so scared that one day we will find out something is wrong! Its like i am waiting for some bad new, but otherwise i feel so lucky that he is doing well1 ...
Feeding Therapy for Toddlers?
- By SpeasHill · New reply yesterday at 11:45 am
- 6 replies
- We had Becca's 18 month NICU Follow Up Clinic visit today. We saw a developmental physician and a nutritionist. Becca is 17 months actual, 14 adjusted, and she weighs 14 pounds, 3 ounces and is 25.5 inches ...
My little boys turned one last friday!!!!
- By LiLoNe09 · New reply November 19, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hi Everyone! I just wanted to thank everyone who has helped us through this past year. Aiden and Brenden turned 1 last friday! It so amazing just thinking back to a year ago today i was leaving the hospital ...
toddler with a small head
- By Fayth · New reply November 18, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hi there My 21 month old ( corrected ) son just had a check up. He is tall, 95 percentile, and his weight is in 25 - 50 percentile. My concern is that his head circum is the same as it was during the ...
Evaluation for Services through School district
- By jyotim · New reply November 18, 2009
- 4 replies
- Can you share some of the ways your child was tested , in order to determine eligibility through school system? As Early steps services stop at the age of 3, we are getting ready for our paperwork and ...
Casey is going to speech therapy...
- By Mama_Cyndi · Posted November 17, 2009
- 0 replies
- Casey has been followed by a NICU follow up and development team since he graduated from the NICU in May of '08. His fine and gross motor skills are great. They are pleased with is progress in every area ...
Good toys for Preemies
- By Mommie42983 · New reply November 17, 2009
- 5 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 ...
My little miracle is 2 today!
- By gibmum · New reply November 16, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hi just wanted to share with everyone who has supported us these past two yrs that my little man is 2 today! Its amazing to think that only two yrs ago he weighed 2lbs 15 oz at birth and we were unsure ...
ribs
- By rocketboy · New reply November 16, 2009
- 5 replies
- I recently noticed that one of my son's ribs sticks up further than the other side. It feels like it is the bottom rib on the right side. It is like it is turns out more than the other side. Has anyone ...
Henry Turns 2 Years Old!
- By katek · New reply November 11, 2009
- 46 replies
- Our son Henry's birthday is today. He is two years old! We've had a fabulous second year with him. It was smoother than the first, that's for sure! NICU profile highlights: * Born at 25 weeks 2 days ...
Christmas tree with an 18mo old?
- By 29weekevan · New reply November 10, 2009
- 14 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 ...
Transition to finger foods
- By CoastieWife88 · New reply November 9, 2009
- 4 replies
- 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 ...
Starting School
- By IanMommy · New reply November 9, 2009
- 2 replies
- My son was born at 25 weeks 3 years ago. He just got appoved for pre School two days a week. I'm a little worried how it will go since he ped won't right a note saying when its really cold he should stay ...
Not swallowing food, storing in cheeks
- By ktjo103 · New reply November 9, 2009
- 3 replies
- 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 ...
development and brain bleeds?
- By Feistylioness78 · New reply November 8, 2009
- 11 replies
- I am trying to find out when you babies it their milestones after their brain bleeds. Christian had a grade III and IV. He will be a year in 5 days and will also be 9 adjusted. He does not still on his ...
When did you baby start walking?
- By CoastieWife88 · New reply November 7, 2009
- 10 replies
- At what age did your baby start walking? Also when did your child walk with assistance or along furniture? My son just leans and eventually falls and will not move his feet from where they are planted ...
Persistent low-grade fever
- By violetsmom · New reply November 6, 2009
- 6 replies
- Violet has had a low-grade fever for the past 3 days. It is running around 99.5 and tonight it's 100.3. She has absolutely no other symptoms of illness and is eating great. I gave her tylenol the first ...
Growth Hormone Therapy continued
- By laurakennedy77 · Posted November 5, 2009
- 0 replies
- For those that chose to go ahaed with the GH therapy, how has it affected your child? I mean, getting a daily injection? I know many children deal with this when they have certain conditions and I just ...
