Twin Photo: Oooooh, Bright Shiny Object
Finnegan goes for the watch with new gusto.
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Twin Photo: Finn Takes a Break
Finnegan, taking a break from learning how to crawl.
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the NICU
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: a concept I associate with victims of crimes or veterans of wars, not parents of preemies. But after reading an article in the New York Times, “For Parents on NICU, Trauma May Last,” it’s clear that PTSD, and the awareness of its prevalence in parents with experiences with the Neonatal Intensive [...]
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Get Your Twins Outdoors!
A New York Times op-ed this weekend, “How to Lick a Slug”, serves as inspiration and motivation that the little steps I’m taking to get our twins outside early, is building a habit for myself and our family to always seek rejuvenation and wonder from the natural world.
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The Cycle Continues: a Letter from Grandpa
One of the unexpected joys of parenthood is the sentimental understanding of our family’s place in our genealogical tree. Hearing stories, reading letters, and understanding our early experiences in parenting our preemie twins in the larger context is a wonderful discovery.
Below is a letter my grandfather penned wishing me a speedy recovery from hernia surgery [...] -
“Luca, meet Maggie. Maggie, meet Luca”
Wednesday night’s homecoming for our first preemie twin went off without a hitch. With planning reminiscent of the invasion of Normandy, a major consideration was how best to introduce our Aussie Heeler dog to her new housemate.
The introduction started the day our twins boys were born. Returning home from the hospital, I brought the two [...] -
Live Blogging: NICU Rooming In, 5:15am Feeding
We made it. Feed number three for the evening. Some snap shots from earlier…
“If we come in and find you guys sleeping with the baby in the bed with you, yeah, we pretty much take the kid back” – our nurse giving us an idea of the bottom of the preemie graduation test bell curve.
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Live Blogging: NICU Rooming In, 2:15am Feeding
Two down, one to go.
One bright side of the NICU has started to emerge. Our preemie twin is like a swiss clock. Sleeping in his crib beside us, we awoke to Luca’s squirms about ten minutes before my alarm was set to go off. We turned on the lights, changed a diaper and got him [...] -
Live Blogging: NICU Rooming In, 11:15pm Feeding
“Guess what?” Lisa asked from the other end of the phone call. “When you get home from work tonight, pack your bag, we’re rooming in!”
Like the runner who turns the last corner and spots the finish line, in disbelief from fatigue but with a side helping of euphoria, it was the call I’d waited weeks [...] -
“Your Twins Are Like Slugs”
One of our doctors in the NICU is someone we particularly enjoy. Brilliant (as they all are in our group of neonatologists,) slightly mercurial, and always ready with a folksy story to impart some nugget of wisdom about parenting.
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