Our family was fortunate enough to win the Crane humidifier from the For the Love of Preemies Giveaway. There were several ADORABLE humidifiers to choose from.  We chose one of our two year old daughter’s favorite animals….an elephant, Elliot the Elephant to be exact.  Our daughter is convinced that any and all packages are for her and was quite excited to open this one.  She jumped up and down(yes she jumped and got some air…one of [...]

As a mom of 4, I never ever imagined I would ever be thrown into any unknown parenting world. After 4 kids, I was pretty sure I had seen or done it all. When pregnant with my 5 th , my normal was forever changed by the birth of my first preemie at 34 weeks due to HELLP. All my “attachment parenting” styles were thrown out the window at delivery. No skin to skin contact after [...]

    Recently, It’s a Preemie Thing teamed up with Res-Q Wedge to host a giveaway to one lucky preemie mom to give a preemie some relief from acid reflux.  My son Spencer had horrible reflux and I wish I had known about the RES-Q Wedge! One of the things we requested from the winner was a weekly update on how her baby is doing so others can follow the progress as well.  After all, don’t [...]

If you haven’t heard of Baby Signing Time, you haven’t read many of my posts as I frequently reference them as my son is hooked! I purchased the first set of four of the Baby Signing Time videos for my son Spencer as we didn’t know what to expect after he was diagnosed with a rare brain malformation (Rhombencephalosynapsis). I swore I wasn’t going to let me son watch any television for the first few [...]

As I realized I needed to write another review, I was shocked that I hadn’t done one on my beloved Simple Wishes hands free pump bra!  When my son arrived at 29 weeks, I was blessed by many wonderful lactation consultants in our NICU, that each offered tips, ideas, support and some GREAT recommendations.  I remember the first lactation consultant I met, Carol, as she was so cheerful, a NICU Nurse who came into my [...]

After 64 days in the NICU, we brought our son home finally and were learning to deal with acid reflux amongs other things.  He wouldn’t lay flat without being fussy, and the fact that he had bilateral inguinal hernias that would need surgery when he finally was big enough didn’t help either.  I didn’t have a wedge, and was at a loss what to try, so went on the preemie parenting board on BabyCenter and [...]