http://www.preminperth.net Good things come in small packages Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:48:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nominations are open! Every year in Australia, thousands of babies are born prematurely. Their families ride a rollercoaster of emotions as they watch their children fight to overcome the health and developmental issues facing them as a result of their early arrival. These issues continue long after the babies are discharged ... http://www.preminperth.net/2010/02/do-you-know-a-%e2%80%9clocal-premmie-hero%e2%80%9d/ I salute you, Australian premmies! I admire your strength and determination, your courage and your will to live. I celebrate the amazing work of your nurses and doctors and the incredible love of your parents. I give thanks that I live in a country which can afford to provide ... http://www.preminperth.net/2010/01/happy-australia-day-littlest-battlers/ It seems that quite a few ex-prems develop sensory processing and integration disorders - some need a lot of sensation to keep them happy (sensory-seeking) and some find sensory input overwhelming (sensory-sensitive or sensory-avoiding). I'm sure it's not just a premmie issue, but it does help make sense of ... http://www.preminperth.net/2010/01/sensory-issues-problems-with-textures/ All children are precious, but when they arrive early and give you a real scare, I think you cling to them even more tightly. Sometimes your need to protect them is very real - if, for example, they are prone to lung infections following chronic lung disease, or ... http://www.preminperth.net/2010/01/protection-versus-overprotection/ 2009 has been a very busy year for our family, and as a result I have not managed to keep up with everything that I planned to do... including updating this website. However, I'd like to keep it going, as I can clearly remember many lonely late night pumping ... http://www.preminperth.net/2009/12/a-new-years-resolution/