Navigating the NICU Journey while Caring for Siblings at Home.

My son, DJ was just shy of 2-years old when his brother, Joshua was born prematurely at 26-weeks gestation. In that moment, life as I knew it had been thoroughly disrupted.  Our routine came to a crashing halt as all sense of normalcy flew out the window along with my sanity.  In its place, gut-wrenching fears I had never experienced … Read More

Pumping Milk for My Preemie

Would you believe I had no one visit my room within the first 12 hours after birth regarding breastfeeding?  Granted I had a premature baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, but still. Here I was in my postpartum room with my husband Gregg resting after the first NICU visit of the morning.  In front of my bed, quietly sad … Read More

What Diapers Did You Use in the NICU?

With Becky, and remember this was 15 years ago, they handed out the diaper bags with baby formula samples, diaper samples, and wipe samples.  I gather our NICU did not have an allegiance to one brand for diapers. So one day I saw Becky wearing Pampers preemie diapers and another day she was wearing Huggies preemie diapers.     In … Read More