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National hug day – 21st January
Science tells us that hugging our children can hugely help with their development. We certainly don’t need National Hug Day as an excuse to give our babies (small or big) a huge cuddle! All sorts of studies have been done into hugs and what we found out researching...
The home schooling challenge
Both me and Stacey have been working through this global crisis as well as dealing with children at home. Both of us have faced very different challenges when it's come to home schooling! We have needed to be resilient and adapt to change as well as helping our boys...
All our guest bloggers so far
We feel so lucky to have been able to feature so many amazing guest bloggers. We really appreciate taking the time out of their busy schedules to write these fabulous pieces especially for us so that we can share it with you. There are so many useful blogs on our site...
Free Premature baby knitting patterns
We did some research and were really surprised to discover just how many of you like to knit! Whenever I speak to new people a question that regularly crops up is - do we have access to any premature baby knitting patterns? Normally our answer would be a no. Then we...
Our NICU diaries are ready!
Written by Lisa and Stacey We can proudly announce that our NICU diaries are ready to purchase through Amazon YAY (insert little happy dance hehe)! It's super exciting to finally have the finished product in our hands. The diaries include some characters that were...
Christmas activity ideas for everyone
With everything being so uncertain it looks like Christmas parties, pantomimes and other Christmassy events are either cancelled or limited to really low numbers. However, we can still make it feel like Christmas and we have some great ideas for you! Our Christmas...
Christmas on the NICU
A lot of neonatal units usually go all out at Christmas. They make Christmas on the NICU as special as they possibly can. Decorations go up, there’s usually a tub of chocolates lying around and if it’s possible the staff do something so that families have a beautiful...
Gift ideas for a premature baby’s first Christmas!
Keagan was nearly one when we had our first Christmas together. Knowing what to buy for him was really tricky. Did we buy things for his actual age or his corrected? Some of the things we had in mind were too big for him to use as he was still on the small side. We...
Carrying your preemie – with Ruth Grint
Written by Ruth Grint Most people do not expect to have a premature baby, and all that comes with it. You don’t expect for your baby to spend their first days, weeks or even months in an incubator. And once you bring them home, how do you continue to keep them close...
I wish I’d known – World Prematurity Day
World Prematurity Day takes place on the 17th November every year. It's a day to help raise awareness of prematurity across the world, charities pick a theme to cover each year. This year the theme is “I wish I’d known”. We would love you to tell us what you wish you...