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kdruffles

Does anyone know of some good preemie resource books? My baby is almost a 2 month old, but her adjusted age is 1 week. I'm curious what kind of behavior is normal. She doesn't act like a newborn or a 2 monther? TIA

AviatorJJ

i have resources for parents of preemies in a word document. i don't know how well this is going to paste into a response. here goes:

Helpful Books:

Preemies: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies, by Dana Wechsler Linden, Emma Trenti Paroli, and Mia Wechsler Doron, M.D. (Pocket Books, 2000). Chapters 7 and 8 address practical and emotional issues that arise immediately after leaving the NICU and for a few years afterwards.

 

The Premature Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Premature Baby from Birth to Age One )by William Sears, Robert Sears, James Sears, and Martha Sears (Sep 21, 2004)

 

The Preemie Parents' Companion: The Essential Guide to Caring for Your Premature Baby in the Hospital, at Home, and Through the First Years by Susan L. Madden M.S., William Sears MD, and Jane E. Stewart MD (Sep 2000)

 

Your Premature Baby: The First Five Years by Nikki Bradford, Sandra Lousada, Jonathan Hellmann, and Sharyn Gibbins ( Mar 1, 2003)

 

Parenting your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey

by Deborah Davis and Mara T. Stein, Fulcrum. (May 2004)

 

Parents of Premature Infants: Their Emotional World

by Norma Tracey et al. Whurr Publishers (July 2000)

 

The Development of Infants Born at Risk

by Deborah L.Reich, Jill Nagy and Joseph F. Holmes

 

Breastfeeding your Premature Baby

by Gwen Gotsch (March 1999)

 

clyoungsey

AviatorJJ:

i have resources for parents of preemies in a word document. i don't know how well this is going to paste into a response. here goes:

Helpful Books:

Preemies: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies, by Dana Wechsler Linden, Emma Trenti Paroli, and Mia Wechsler Doron, M.D. (Pocket Books, 2000). Chapters 7 and 8 address practical and emotional issues that arise immediately after leaving the NICU and for a few years afterwards.

 

 

i love this one!