As any parent will tell you bringing home a new baby is tough enough. But imagine when your little one is really little, three or four pounds.
Premature babies require special care.
It was extremely overwhelming, he was connected to the ventilator and a line through his umbilical cord. Did I cause him to go into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. From the very beginning of the baby's stay at the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center, the nurses and physical therapists work with the parents. If they are stressed and if you need to back off, how to react to their baby. The parents learn, in part, by working with dolls.