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Sharing Insights On My 5th World Prematurity Day As a Preemie Parent

November 17, 2015 by melragent Leave a Comment

Sam the Anti-Preemie: Goofball

I "celebrated" my first World Prematurity Day in the NICU. Sam was just two months old actual and was on his second full day of being off oxygen support. A lot has changed since that day, and I thought I would take a moment and reflect back on the five main things I have learned in the past five … [Read more...] about Sharing Insights On My 5th World Prematurity Day As a Preemie Parent

Filed Under: Five to Six Years, Life at home, Parenting, Single Motherhood Tagged With: World Prematurity Day

The Chicken’s Way Out

August 5, 2014 by melragent 4 Comments

Sam the Anti-Preemie: Big Chicken

Did anyone notice? That is what I kept asking myself after hitting publish on my last post. The opening line was so obvious: After 7 months of single parenting, But, since I hadn't told a lot of people, I wasn't sure if anyone would really notice... or realize what I had just said. This was … [Read more...] about The Chicken’s Way Out

Filed Under: Parenting, Single Motherhood

Of Lice and Poop

August 4, 2014 by melragent Leave a Comment

Sam the Anti=Preemie hanging with his sister

After 7 months of single parenting, I really thought I had a handle on things. We were a well-oiled machine. We were eating better. There was less fighting in the house. We were on-time to everything. Kids were happy. I was happy. Then, in one evening, my façade came crashing down in a pile … [Read more...] about Of Lice and Poop

Filed Under: Parenting, Single Motherhood, Three years to Four Years Tagged With: Constipation, Lice, Poop, Single Parenting

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I’m Melissa. My life was turned upside down when my second child, Sam, was born just 24 weeks into my pregnancy. This is our continuing story. Memoir about our experiences due out Nov 2, 2021

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