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Tips for Managing Cold, Flu, and RSV Season with a Preemie

Tips for Managing Cold, Flu, and RSV Season with a Preemie

By Nick Hall on October 11, 2018

Cold and flu season is here and for parents of preemies, this season can be hugely terrifying. Many refer to this time of year as a “lockdown” time when we do all we can to keep our preemie away from germs in order to keep them healthy.     We asked our preemie parent mentors […]

Categories: Bringing Preemie Home, Life After NICU
Tags: how to help preemie parents, micropreemies, tips for preemie parents
Four Tips for Parents Coping with Premature Birth

Four Tips for Parents Coping with Premature Birth

By Graham's Foundation on July 9, 2018

It’s simply a fact that premature birth turns a family’s world upside down and tests the limits of their resilience. Parents of preemies face challenges that most people can’t even imagine. So it’s only natural that your baby’s early arrival can leave you feeling stressed out and frightened. Some of your fear may fade as […]

Categories: Parent Wellness, Parenting Preemies, Supporting Preemie Parents
Tags: tips for preemie parents
Preemie Dad Simon Shares His Story and Four Must-Dos for Preemie Parents

Preemie Dad Simon Shares His Story and Four Must-Dos for Preemie Parents

By Simon Olenick on April 30, 2018

Simon is one of our Preemie Parent Mentors – specifically our mentor for preemie dads – and here he shares his experiences along with a father’s point of view. When my twins (2 fraternal twin girls, now 19 months and healthy) were born at 29 weeks, I quickly shifted my gaze from the SWAT team […]

Categories: Life in the NICU, Preemie Multiples, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: 29 weeks, multiples, Stories Along the Preemie Journey, tips for preemie parents, twins
Caring for a Preemie with a Trach

Caring for a Preemie with a Trach

By Lorena Vasselo on March 28, 2018

My preemie Malena Lola was born at 25 weeks gestation and weighed 1.6 lbs. She spent almost 8 months in the NICU at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, Canada. During this time I spent every day with my baby girl – I would arrive at the hospital very early in the morning and stay […]

Categories: Bringing Preemie Home, Life After NICU, Lung/Breathing Issues, Parenting Preemies, Preemie Issues, Preemie Parent Voices, Retinopathy of Prematurity
Tags: 25 weeks, patent ductus arteriosus (pda), retinopathy of prematurity (rop), tips for preemie parents, tracheotomy
Making Memories: Keeping a Baby Book for Your Preemie

Making Memories: Keeping a Baby Book for Your Preemie

By Graham's Foundation on January 10, 2018

The NICU days are stressful, as may be the days that follow if your preemie comes home with medical equipment and special needs. Prematurity is a difficult journey – one that right now, you may feel you’ll never want to relive – and so keeping a baby book or scrapbook for your preemie might be […]

Categories: Life in the NICU, Parenting Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: tips for preemie parents
Preemie Parents: What Do You Do With Unwanted Advice?

Preemie Parents: What Do You Do With Unwanted Advice?

By Graham's Foundation on September 28, 2017

All parents end up on the receiving end of advice they neither asked for nor want, but parents of preemies tend to have to listen to unsolicited advice more than other moms and dads. One reason is that so many premature infants and children look robust and healthy, even if they’re dealing with day-to-day health […]

Categories: Bringing Preemie Home, Life After NICU, Life in the NICU, Parenting Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: tips for preemie parents

Preparing Your Family for Flu Season and RSV Season

By Graham's Foundation on September 14, 2017

Of all the things moms and dads of preemies do for their children, one of the most important is keeping those kids healthy. For parents of preemies who are still quite young – or those with weakened immune systems or fragile lungs – preparing for flu and RSV season and then getting through it is […]

Categories: Bringing Preemie Home, Life After NICU, Lung/Breathing Issues, Parenting Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: rsv, tips for preemie parents
8 Things I Wish I Knew Before My High-Risk Pregnancy

8 Things I Wish I Knew Before My High-Risk Pregnancy

By Parijat Deshpande on August 16, 2017

Parijat serves as an advisor to the Graham’s Foundation Parent Mentor Program. You can read more about Parijat at the end of this post. I knew I would have a high-risk pregnancy when my first two pregnancy complications began in the first 2 months of my pregnancy. However, that still did not prepare me for […]

Categories: Expecting a Preemie, Parent Wellness
Tags: high-risk pregnancy, how to help preemie parents, tips for preemie parents
What to Do When Touching Your Preemie Isn't Easy

What to Do When Touching Your Preemie Isn’t Easy

By Graham's Foundation on August 2, 2017

Preemies, especially very early preemies, often can’t be held or even touched for some time after birth. A combination of factors – from the delicate, thin skin of micro-preemies to the fact that premature infants often respond to touch differently than their full-term peers – can make it challenging or scary for moms and dads […]

Categories: Life in the NICU, Parenting Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: bonding, tips for preemie parents

When You Lose a Twin or Triplet

By Graham's Foundation on June 19, 2017

For many families, prematurity brings with it loss. In cases where mothers and fathers must say goodbye to a preemie who was a twin or a triplet, coping with that loss can be a complicated and difficult process. One life has been lost but there is still life there that needs your care and attention. […]

Categories: Life After NICU, Life in the NICU, Parenting Preemies, Preemie Loss & Remembrance, Preemie Multiples, Preemie Parent Voices, Supporting Preemie Parents
Tags: multiples, survivor triplet, survivor twin, tips for preemie parents, triplets, twins
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