Preemie Mom Resources
Information:
Clothes & Gifts for Baby
- Itty Bitty Baby
- Etsy (great Preemie Hats)
- Preemie Octopus
Cures for NICU Boredom:
- Coloring Books
- Coloring Pens
- Journals
- Headphones – Movies and Music; also helps tune out all the noise in the NICU
Gifts Ideas to Help Parents
- Food Delivery Service Gift Cards (Favor delivers to Hospital rooms)
- Toiletries
- Parking Vouchers – Hospital parking gets expensive
- Blankets / Pillows
- Comfy Socks and Sweaters
- Magazines & Other light reading material – Avoid anything stressful or “parenting” related
- Candy and other snacks
Chronic Illness Resources
- Chronic pain: http://www.thepainrelieffoundation.com/patient-perspectives/want-you-to-know/
- Ehlers Danlos information
- Chiari information
- Medullary sponge kidney information
- The Spoon Theory (why are we called spoonies?)
- Addisons Disease
- The Mighty