I have a hard time trying to turn under the neck so that there is no raw edge. I make burial gowns with matching blankets for the parents. The neck area is so small. Most of the time I sew a facing around the neck and turn that. Any suggestions would [...]
I am currently pregnant and my doctor is expecting my baby to be a preemie. My first child was a preemie but healthy, so i don’t have any worries there. I just can’t seem to find any girl preemie baby clothes. Where can i find some at?
my son was 5 obs 7 oz and was [...]
My beautiful little preemie girl was 9 weeks premature!
She is now 4 months
but technically 2 months
She started smiling ago a few weeks ago and is slowly starting to support her own head.
She still sleeps most of the time but is awake for an hour or two atleast!
She is now 10 lbs.
Born 3 lbs.
How well is [...]
He was 5 weeks early and he developed about 5 weeks late of what the "average" baby would go, he walked at 11 months though and i think that was pretty average, but he is 21 months and still doesnt talk
If a child is born at 26 weeks gestation, is the child likely to have many health issues? If so, what? What about learning disabilities? Mental retardation?
I haven’t had a preemie myself, but I have a cousin who was born at about that time and she’s 16 now. You would *never* know she was a [...]
I’m concerned about pre-term labor as I am 32 weeks and have a history of pre-term labor. If you gave birth to a preemie at 32 or 33 weeks can you please tell me about how long your babie’s hospital stay was and any complications that were faced? Thanks. I had a [...]
I am scared out of my mind that my daughter may be slow, she was 2 pounds and born at 30 weeks. She is grade 1 on the left side and progressed from grade 2 on the right side to grade 3.
How did your children turn out?
Please answer if you know anything about this.
this is [...]
how many months should i wait to feed my preemie baby soft foods (gerber food)
You normally go by the corrected age with a premie. So, if a full-term baby starts at 6 months (the usual recommendation), you would wait until baby had reached the ‘corrected’ age of 6 months with a premie.
(The only [...]
Rolling over, sitting up, crawling, walking, talking, etc.
Preemies may develop at their adjusted age (the age they would be if they had been born on their due date). However, if they are very early preemies they very well may lag behind their adjusted age. It’s very traumatic for a preemie to be born early. The [...]
If so, how are you doing the holidays? No one in my family seems to understand quite how serious this is, and feelings are getting hurt because we’re opting out of certain annual gatherings/or modifying the way we do things…I know we’re doing the right thing and people are trying ti understand, but I [...]
