At least once a month I write a post about Talia’s development, or lack thereof, and some days it has been a struggle to stay positive when her milestones are delayed. So I am very pleased to announce that this month, we have made progress.
Following a recommendation from the hospital physiotherapists, we have been [...]

When we were visiting Ronan’s paedatrician last week he reminded me that i had to fill out an 18 month assessment form. The form wasn’t to be filled out until Ronan reached 18 months (corrected) because otherwise the assessment wouldn’t have been fairly marked.
Whilst going through the questionaire and everytime i ticked “no” [...]

After countless hours and months of frustration my little man walked.
We have had a long and hard battle with Ronan when it comes to his milestone delays. At 6 months corrected we were told that he needed physiotherapy. This really upset me and i felt the guilt flood back to when he was born prematurely. [...]

Last Thursday we went to our monthly group physio appointment. The hospital run these sessions largely as a screening exercise to check that all their NICU graduates are progressing normally. It is also a good way to catch up with other mothers and babies, some of whom I met when Talia was in [...]

Talia is 8 months old today (5 months corrected) and celebrated this event by eating/wearing her first ever spoonful of sweet potato. In fact, it’s her first ever spoonful of anything “solid”, as she has rejected my previous efforts to feed her farex and pear, with an expression that clearly says “Mum, if this [...]

Next week on the Today program they’re doing a piece on premature babies. The following is a letter I’ve sent in:
Dear Today,
My daughter Miss E was born prematurely on the 29th of March this year, at 26 week 3 days gestation–for a premmie those three days make a huge difference–she weighed 426 grams. I had [...]