Watch, listen and learn – your baby is your teacher!
Positive, nurturing touch is important in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as premature babies often experience negative, painful touch by way of medical treatments. For an infant to interact socially, they must first be able to control their autonomic motor and behavioural state systems. Tactile [...]

Gosh where has the time gone? I can’t believe that Ronan will start pre-school next year! I am sure many parents are thinking the same thing but when you have a child who was born too early (13wks too early for us), fighting for life it is certainly something you don’t really think about when [...]

October was an exciting month for myself and Li’l Aussie Prems because we were featured on a great new show on channel 9 called “Money for Jam”. We filmed the show back in May so it felt like a lifetime of waiting but so worth the wait!
Each week all my friends and family were watching [...]

L’il Aussie Prems has become a real community since the sites inception in March 2007. The amazing families have written some very thoughtful messages to explain the support they have received from the website. Thank you to each and every family for such generous and powerful words of thanks. If it wasn’t for the families, [...]

Our forum is a safe and welcoming place to gain support after the birth of a premature baby. Over the past year our membership has grown with more families joining on a daily basis from families currently just starting their NICU/SCN journey to babies who have been home for years, some with no ongoing issues [...]

I keep seeing this issue come up for premmie mums. You’ve expressed for your baby while they are in the NICU (and often longer) as much as you could, you’ve given breastfeeding your best shot, but at some point despite all your best efforts it just doesn’t work out, you can’t keep your milk flowing [...]