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NICU Parent Support Blog

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Reflections, Ruminations & Resources from respected physician, educator, author and former NICU Parent. The NICU Parent Support Site Blog was created as a way to supply updates, provide information, send inspirational messages and feature NICU resources as part of the NICU Parent Support Site, http://www.nicuparentsupport.org/.

• Added on: Jul 1st, 2007
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Kirsti A. Dyer
• Listed in: Medicine Parenting
• Tags: coping encouraging message nicu parent support nicu quotes comforting moment premature babies

Recent Posts

• Thanksgiving: A Time to Be Thankful, Even in the NICU

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 20:55 in creatively coping, knitting patterns nicu, coping with nicu, holidays nicu, nicu thanksgiving

  As promised, a link to the new article from the Type A Mom site, on Giving Thanks Even when Thanksgiving is in the NICU.In the article you will find a number of ways that generous people are helping NICU parents to be able to give thanks, even in the...

• Encouraging Message: The Full, True Thanksgiving Comes from the Heart

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 08:51 in coping with nicu, holidays nicu, nicu thanksgiving

  I discovered this clip on YouTube when searching for Thanksgiving in the NICU. It is quite silly, but a lot of fun. Most of all it demonstrates a lot of heart on the part of these NICU Nurses staging their own version of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day P...

• Being Thankful at Thanksgiving in the NICU

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 12:50 in gratitude, holidays nicu, nicu thanksgiving

  Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks and expressing gratitude. Sometimes it is difficult to imagine still being grateful when your baby is in the NICU.We were lucky with our NICU daughter that the only holiday we spent was Easter (she was actuall...

• November 17th – Unite, Fight and Write to Raise Awareness about Premature Birth

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 09:03 in preemies, march of dimes, premature babies, fight for preemies

  Each year nearly 13 million babies worldwide are born prematurely or born at less than 37 full weeks gestation. Of these more then one million die. More than one million infants die because they are born too soon.In the past 25 years the rate of pret...

• Virtual Human Milk Collection Campaign

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 17:45 in premature babies, prematurity awareness month, virtual human milk, medela contest

  During the month of November, or Prematurity Awareness Month, Medela today will be hosting a Virtual Human Milk (breastmilk) Collection Campaign. To participate in the Virtual Human Milk campaign, visit the Medela's Preemie Awareness Program website ...

• Kangaroo Care in the NICU Featured on Grey\'s Anatomy

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 16:01 in Grey's Anatomy, premature babies, kangaroo care, caring for nicu baby

  The most recent episode of Grey's Anatomy (November 5) featured a story line about using Kangaroo Care in the NICU. Resident tough-guy Alex Karev is on a pediatric rotation and assigned to care for a fragile premature baby.In this short clip new doc...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Debbie

Love the site. As a mother and an author, i will definitely start reading this daily. thanks!

Posted: June 30th, 2008 | More Reviews From SallyRhodes | Report This Comment

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