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5 Things Parents of Preemies and Micro-Preemies Should Know

My daughter, who will be four years old this July, was a micro-preemie, which means she weighed less than 1.4 lbs when she was born.When we were dumped into this journey of raising a preemie – and I say dumped because you usually have no time to prepare – we quickly realized how important it was to be familiar with hospital/NICU lingo. For the first day or two, until we started to understand the …

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Children’s Car Activities

Time crawls by slowly on a road trip for most kids, who are confined for hours in the back seat. However, you can actually put that time to great advantage by using it to do some communicating with your captive audience. Play some activities together, let the conversation flow, and you may find that the trip will go quickly for everyone.