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A place to discuss anything not covered by our other discussion topics.
poems for a child...?
- By Tinkerbellas_Mama · New reply November 20, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hello ladies. I'm looking for a nice poem for a very sick little girl. My cousin's 6 year old daughter, Caroline, has been diagnosed with Rasmussen's Encephalitis and her parents have been left with no ...
IUGR and still not growing
- By oquinn27 · New reply November 20, 2009
- 5 replies
- My son was born 9/30/09 weighing 1 lb 7 oz at 28 weeks. Currently he weighs 3 lbs 3 oz. The doctors are concerned about his minimal gains in growth. He is below the 3rd percentile for his gestational ...
Glasses
- By katek · New reply November 20, 2009
- 33 replies
- We took our son (2.5 years old, born 25 weeks 2 days) to his annual ophthalmology appointment today. I called this morning to make an appointment and it was today or wait until January. Fortunately, I ...
RSV
- By wtexmom · New reply November 20, 2009
- 23 replies
- Curious if anyone else has had as much trouble getting the RSV shot after the first season. We were told by Neonatologists, Dr's and NICU nurses that we would need to get Dawson this shot this season ...
HELP - Are My Twins Eating Eough
- By twinsofcardinus · New reply November 20, 2009
- 10 replies
- I have a boy and a girl born 4 weeks early on Augut 21st s they are just over two months old (I have no idea how to figure out the corrected age thingy). NICU drilled into us that they have to finish ...
Still hardly holding her head up straight
- By nativewytdiamnd · New reply November 20, 2009
- 4 replies
- My baby girl is 8 months actual 5 and half months adjusted. I'm worried about the way that she still won't hold her head up stright at any point. She won't use her arms to hold herself up, she won't sit ...
National Prematurity Awareness Day, Tuesday, November 17TH, 2009
- By babyalex · New reply November 19, 2009
- 15 replies
- Today is National Prematurity Awareness Day. I thought is would be nice to see what preemie you are fighting for? I will start. My son Alex is a 25 weeker born August 24, 2007. I am fighting for him and ...
Muscle Biopsy Scheduled- What should I expect?
- By chloeolivia · New reply November 19, 2009
- 2 replies
- My daughter has been through so many tests in her short life (7 months actual, 5.5 adjusted). Now she is scheduled for a muscle biopsy along with a series of blood tests. The doctors suspect a genetic ...
We've decided to go with a G tube, now more questions
- By tmiramon · New reply November 19, 2009
- 9 replies
- Well most of the docs have suggested a g tube for my lo. I think we are ready for it. I know lots of you have had lo's go through the surgery. I just wanna make sure I ask all the right questions. And ...
Help with bottle feeding
- By canadianmom · New reply November 19, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi everyone, I need help. Massimo is a 24 weeker and he is home now 8 months/5 corrected. Massimo came home with an NG tube and bottle feeding has been quite the challenge. Just when I thought I was there ...
Help!!!!!
- By Kaedyns_Mommy · New reply November 19, 2009
- 6 replies
- I don't know why, but for the past 2 weeks or so Kaedyn has decided she isn't going to sleep her nights. She was doing SO well, sometimes sleeping 8-10 hours a night from approximately 8pm-7am. It seems ...
Can't console premie
- By oubeta · New reply November 18, 2009
- 8 replies
- He is not been home 3 months and is still on the O2, but is doing pretty good. He cries nonstop when he is awake. He won't sit still either. It takes something drastic to get him to stop crying (like ...
the need to vent
- By mom22premies · New reply November 18, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hi everyone, My youngest premie had his NICU 1 year follow up yesterday. He came in developmentally across the board at 10/11 months. He is 13 months corrected and 16 months actual. This doesn't bother ...
Gift idea for ourselves...
- By AnabellasMommy · New reply November 18, 2009
- 3 replies
- I stumbled across this a little while ago and thought it was a wonderful gift idea... for myself. I have hinted to my husband that this is what I want for Christmas. Thought I'd share, in case you guys ...
Need info on TV watching...
- By LakaisMom · New reply November 18, 2009
- 4 replies
- I tried searching but found nothing exactly about what I am looking for. Im trying to pin point exact data that says TV watching under the age of two is bad for babies. Thanks! Links would be muchly appreciated ...
Picking a Pediatrician
- By Angel13008 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 1 reply
- I'm currently 31 weeks today and still have not picked a pediatricain for baby Emma. I dont even know where to begin . I live in houston ,Texas and husband and I defintely want the pediatrican we use ...
Synagis question
- By skbk · New reply November 18, 2009
- 14 replies
- I just found out that my 30-weeker (now seven months actual, five-ish adjusted) does not qualify for Synagis. Apparently, you have to be either under six months at the start of RSV season or born prior ...
Preemie Sick for First Time
- By chandralynn · New reply November 18, 2009
- 10 replies
- My daughter Amanda is a 24 weeker and is now 11 months old (7 adjusted). She has had pretty bad chest congestion for the past week and a couple days ago started running a fever-lowest was 99.2 and highest ...
Hospital Mistakes
- By alexacolbert · New reply November 18, 2009
- 20 replies
- Did anyone see this. It's just wrong. Wrong http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/hos pital.mistakes/index.html ...
waiting for years!?!
- By mommyinneed · New reply November 18, 2009
- 8 replies
- My lo saw the orthopedist today for the first time. He is said to have mild cerebral palsy. The ortho is thinking he has spastic diplegia and predicted that he will be able to run, jump and live a normal ...
