Every preemie parent deserves to know about all of the best resources the world has to offer them, and Hello Preemie is here to help with exactly that!
I've worked with preemies for over 20 years, and now I'm excited to share all the best preemie tips, tricks, products, resources and inspiration. Here, you can find the information you need and the hope you deserve when you need it.
When your preemie needs a bottle, which one are you going to choose?
I have a little secret to share - there is no best bottle for preemies! Personally, I'm pretty comfortable feeding a preemie with the most generic, standard nipple and they often work just fine.
But sometimes preemies…
A preemie parent's journey is often made much more challenging when trying to juggle the needs of a new baby in the NICU with older siblings at home. I've collected some of the best tips from experts everywhere to make your work a little easier and more joyful. From books to ...
Yesterday I asked Hello Preemie followers on Instagram to share their favorite preemie mom gift ideas, and let me tell you, there were some really awesome ones! Some of them were brands or items I had never even heard of before, so it was quite an education!
The reason I asked them for their help is because I get asked all the time "What makes a great gift for a preemie mom?" I figured, who better to ask than....
This sweet little book is an empowering dynamo of great tips, tricks and exercises to help any new preemie parent...
I picked up a well worn copy of the book "Bringing Up Bebe" at the store the other day, remembering that I had enjoyed listening to the author speak on the radio not long ago. I was curious to read more of what this American mother learned from raising a child among French culture.
Perusing the pages, I landed on the part about talking with babies, and I was captivated...
Mindfulness is a hot topic these days, gathering attention far and wide. Big businesses such as Google recognize the value of mindfulness training, people of all faiths and walks of life are incorporating mindfulness into their daily lives as a way to find balance, to regain some calm, and lighten their load.
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS MINDFULNESS, AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH THE NICU?
The sense of smell begins developing at around 22 weeks gestation, and becomes nearly mature by 29 weeks gestation. So your preemie can smell! And preemies love the smell of their mom!
When babies are still in utero, they begin smelling via the unique scent of the amniotic fluid. As they begin making their early breathing movements, amniotic fluid passes through their nasal passages and the smell of their world changes depending on what mom has eaten and inhaled.
Moms also...
If you're a preemie mom, I bet you've heard something like this:
I also bet that you don't always love hearing this. Am I right?
Because you don't feel strong? Because you don't feel brave? Maybe because you actually feel like falling apart. Maybe it's because you don't want to have to be strong and brave as a new mom!
To the outside world, you look amazingly resilient and brave, but inside you feel...
Join the conversation - what are the worst things YOU heard as a preemie mom? What would the perfect reply be?
Want to know one of the most powerful weapons a super-preemie-mom has in her possession?
It's where she:
A journal truly is...
Join the conversation! In the NICU, there's jealousy, guilt, anger, sadness, despair, hope... sometimes all within the span of one day! What were the craziest emotions you had, and how did you deal with them? Any advice for fellow preemie parents?
Taking your preemie home from the hospital is going to be one of the biggest days of your life. But it's different than taking home a regular ol' (boring) full term baby. 😜 This is your definitive guide to all the must-haves, the should-do's, the would-be-awesome-if's.
Instagram is my new favorite social media! Why? Because it's so much about the photos, and how can you not love all of those adorable preemies?
Through Instagram feeds, we get to welcome brand new preemies to the world, support their parents, watch them grow, and see them thrive in the months and years after their NICU days are behind them.
These are my...
I must have told hundreds of preemie moms and dads about this book, because it's one I completely loved to read and I think most preemie parents who are readers will love it too. I particularly love...
Brand new NICU moms won't have time or energy to search online for the best things to do - but you can help!
"...why is it that parents don't go ahead and surround themselves with comforting things there in the NICU? Usually, it's because they're just too overwhelmed to think about it, and nobody tells them they can. So, I'm here to tell you - YOU CAN decorate your baby's space so that it feels as good and comforting as it possibly can for you. Here's how...
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The ultimate guide to having a preemie - I can't recommend this book highly enough. Written for parents, it covers all of the topics related to prematurity that parents need to learn, and written in such a way...
So, you've got a friend or loved one with a baby in the NICU, and you want to give them the best gift possible? You've come to the right place.
Today I'm excited to share all of my favorite care packages ideas for every type of NICU parent! We'll start with the basic care package ingredients, and then look at a whole bunch of other fun ideas to make the gift super fantastic!
“When you give birth to a baby who weighs less than two pounds, no one knows what kind of flowers to send,’’ she writes. Her daughter, Simone, was born 15 weeks early. It's a story many of us here in the hello preemie world can relate to.
Stevenson was an author of a very popular...