(Part 2) Best products from r/NICUParents

We used this one and loved it.

Arm's Reach Concepts Mini Ezee 2-in-1 Bedside Bassinet - Natural https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ITQOV0Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_B5BvybBWX9DXS

This book is a bit old now, but was helpful to us. There might be other ones now.

It helped to read about other stories. While there, I read Half-Baked and the newsmagazine articles that eventually became this book (it was also a RadioLab episode). Sometime later, there was this book which is an oral history of preemies who have reached adulthood.

Seconding all of this.

Only thing I would add is a pumping/nursing cover; I used this shawl (in black) and it worked well. In our NICU, they had pumps in each room so you could pump while spending time with your child. But when nurses/docs/specialists drop in, if you’re pumping, some of them are thrown off enough that they say “oh, I’ll just come back!” and then never do (especially the specialists, and sometimes the residents, in our case). I kept the cover shawl looped around my neck when I was pumping in my LO’s room so that I could drop it over my chest if someone came in, and be able to have a productive conversation about my LO’s care and health instead of having them awkwardly bolt. Most/all of the NICU nurses were totally chill about it in our case, but some of the doctors were skittish enough that I was grateful to have it when needed.

We purchased a cosleeper and literally laid her in it everywhere (couch, bed, table). It’s also nice now she’s a little older, we take it to her Mimi’s house so she has a place to sleep.

The hospital we were at had a program where they gave us 2 of these voice recorders.

We just held them up and read books to them, talked to them for about a 30 minute period. They played them a few times a day at the NICU and we actually still use them for naps and bedtime to this day (the girls are now 2.5)!

Poly vi sol made my 30 weeker desat bc it tasted so bad. We used novaferrum instead and it caused no issues at all and tastes WAY better.

NovaFerrum Multivitamin with Iron Supplement for Infants and Toddlers 50 mL https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S7K1432/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_1BiZBbH03A59Z