Your Premature Baby and Child: Helpful Answers and Advice for Parents Book

The only comprehensive guide for the parents of "preemies"-from homecoming to the school years. Every day new progress is being made in the care of babies born prematurely, helping them grow up as strong and healthier than ever imagined. But raising "preemies" often places special demands on parents whose little ones seem-especially in those early weeks and months-as fragile as they are precious. This illustrated guide written by mothers of preemies in collaboration with medical experts, can help. With guidance on such wide ranging topics as bringing the baby home to medical issues to doctor visits to starting school-plus tips on dealing with the emotional and family stress of parenting a preemie-this book provides the answers needed to optimize that special baby's development.

• Written by a team with both personal and professional experience relating to this topic
• Addresses the physical and emotional challenges from the child's, parent's and extended families' viewpoints
• Includes illustrations
• Unlike other books, this unique, comprehensive, and empowering handbook provides detailed information on a wide range of topics for "preemie parents" after the NICU

"...an illustrated guide written by medical professionals who are mothers of premature babies, covering such topics as bringing the baby home, dealing with emotional and family stress, parenting, and general medical issues."