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@jsw3883 No, it isn’t coddling. And when you’re on the other side you will see that tough love is still love. Good luck!

@jsw3883 That’s a pretty terrible mindset. I get you’re feeling sad about things not going the way you want them to, but to call this a failure is awful. Would you call your child a failure if she cannot do something no matter how hard she tried? Probably not. And you’re not losing at anything...

@jsw3883 A g-tube is not giving up!! And it can certainly just be temporary. Don’t dismiss it when it is possibly what is best for your baby - with the added bonus of getting to go home. But please do not think that doing what is best for your baby is giving up. It isn’t at all giving up, just...

@kimhimmel Born 29w, weighed 2lbs 11oz Pre-e w/severe features; emergency c/s after they lost his heart tones on the monitor and couldn’t find them again (he had a big decel and just never recovered), which coincided with my deciding it was just done with the pregnancy game and I fell apart. I...

@stormingwithjesus A lot of NICUs have them (they are basically just cut up receiving blankets). A piece cut from a t-shirt is what one parent preferred.

@carson It was definitely not my idea of a good time. But it did help give me more peace about going home knowing who was watching my baby and what to expect to get to go home, etc.

@carson It’s long, I’m sorry. I am a NICU nurse and was for a couple of years before I had my babe (29w). Being on the other side was so different and I give some different advice to my parents now. When they say it is like a roller coaster, that’s real! The good and the bad of it. You...