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World Prematurity Day

November 17, 2012 by melragent 2 Comments

Sam the Anti-Preemie: On the beach

I had planned to write a moving and deep post about world prematurity day.  Since my friend, Nicole... Kenna's mom took care of that with her beautifully written post.  Instead, I will take another approach. SCREW PREMATURITY. I would like to scream that from every roof top around the world.  … [Read more...] about World Prematurity Day

Filed Under: Life at home, Two years to Three years Tagged With: Autism, World Prematurity Day

What… me worry?

November 14, 2012 by melragent 1 Comment

Sam the Anti-Preemie: Cute but causing mom sleepless nights

It has been a while since I wrote a down post... but the time has finally come. The past few weeks I have noticed a few things in Sam that I find concerning.  Then, at Occupational Therapy yesterday, his therapist also mentioned she was concerned about his speech patterns.  Add to that three nights … [Read more...] about What… me worry?

Filed Under: Life at home, Two years to Three years Tagged With: Autism, Parenting, Worry

I’ve Been Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

May 20, 2012 by melragent 7 Comments

Sam the Anti-Preemie

In the 20 months since Sam was born, we have been really lucky. Yes, he was just 24-weeks when he was born, spent 95 days in the NICU, had heart surgery and eye surgery... but other than a hospitalization for RSV last December, we have had no long term issues to deal with. So it was with great … [Read more...] about I’ve Been Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

Filed Under: Life at home, One year to Two years Tagged With: Autism, development, fear

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