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Posted by kim on November 13, 2011
Almost all premature infants suffer some sort of developmental delays, as did my twin daughters who were born at 27 weeks gestational age. I know that the paperwork associated with receiving assistance and help is also overwhelming when having a preemie baby, but I highly suggest that parents look into receiving aid from their local public school systems. My son went to a private parochial school at the time, so I felt justified using “my tax dollars” from the public school system.
We had speech therapists, physical therapists and occupational therapists start coming out to our house before the twins were even one year old. And it didn’t cost us a dime. Once the girls turned three years of age, the school provided transportation to take the girls to an Education Service Unit school setting.
I also enrolled the girls in a regular preschool on opposite days, and let me tell you, I loved having a couple hours break from all the hustle bustle! And besides the twins attending two different preschools, we also worked on preschool worksheets at home as I was bound and determined to get my girls up to par.
The twins are now juniors in high school and still receive special assistance in school, but they are truly my miracle babies!
Fostering a sharing and caring environment at home is nothing short of difficult. Especially for twins, who are often times expected to be each other’s best friends, expectations can be overwhelming.
Bunk beds for your twins can grant them individual spaces while still learning valuable lessons about compromise and cooperation. The bunk bed helps save space in the kids’ room while your twins work together toward a common goal, whether it be making the bed or deciding who gets to sleep on the top bunk. Comfortable, secure, stylish, and a space saver, bunk beds can also be a vital learning tool for teaching your kids an important lesson in cohabitation.
Posted by kim on October 3, 2011
If you read the story of my preemie twins, you will know that Macy had gallstones (yes, a 6 pound baby had gallstones). Back in 1994, Moctanin was the drug of choice for adults (not children, and especially not babies) to break up gallstones. Moctanin was to be administered slowly over time (again in ADULTS). Well, the nurse gave my daughter an adult dose with one push of a syringe! Macy coded. It took the doctors and residents over 45 minutes to revive her (I read this later in the hospital records). The doctors prepared us that Macy would probably not live through the night. When we saw her, she was gray and lifeless and bleeding out of every orifice (eyes, ears, drainage tubes, etc).
A million questions ran through my mind. Did the pharmacist that dispensed Moctanin warn the doctor and staff of Unsafe Drugs side effects? Why did they think an adult medicine would work on a baby? And why didn’t they decrease the dose? And why wasn’t it administered properly? And why was my least favorite resident (he wore a huge turban and spoke very poor English) assigned to Macy’s care?
Moctanin was eventually taken off the market, and Macy lived to tell her story, bless her heart!
Posted by kim on June 29, 2011
Years ago, moms didn’t know if they were going to have a boy or a girl when they were pregnant. Many didn’t know if they were even going to have twins. They just didn’t have the choice of knowing. I only had one ultrasound when I was pregnant with my firstborn, and I believe it was too early then to tell. And I never even asked. Instinctively I knew I was having a boy though, because I wanted a girl. I was eighteen and a single mom and didn’t think I would know how to raise a boy. Leave it to the Law of Attraction to give me a boy because I “knew” I was having one!
I knew the twins would be girls because I had several ultrasounds with them. Knowing they were girls also was helpful to the doctors as preemie girls usually do better than preemie boys. Usually. My girls had other plans, but I “knew” they’d be fine in the long run, and they are!
I ended up having an amniocentesis with my youngest daughter, so I have the chromosome images to prove she’s a girl! And now a way higher percentage of parents find out the gender of their unborn baby over waiting to see. One way to find out is through a baby gender prediction chinese calendar.
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