Archive for November, 2007

Dealing with four month milestone delays

Posted on November 8 2007 by Finisterre

Our daughter Talia recently had her first developmental review, at four months corrected. Prior to meeting the paediatrician, we completed a questionnaire asking where she was in terms of gross and fine motor control, social/communication, problem solving skills and so forth.
As a 27-weeker with a relatively smooth journey through the NICU (no major complications other [...]

Bonding with my (micro) premmie Part 1

Posted on November 7 2007 by Le Bec

On my first day of full time, solo parenting I managed to clip the tip off of Miss E’s big toe while trying to trim her toenails—I’ve not touched baby nail clippers since that day. I think that was one of the first times I’d ever really felt like her mother. I’d made, what seemed [...]

Helping Premature Babies Breathe Easier

Posted on November 2 2007 by lilronan

I was forwarded a link to the Australian Synchrotron Science about a case study being performed by ~ The University of Queensland.
This is the information they provided on their website:
We need a layer of natural lung surfactant NLS that is just 1 molecule thick to breathe. Premature babies lack NLS.

Animal-based and synthetic alternatives are [...]

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