Inside the NICU

Updates from Sunnybrook’s NICU families and staff.

NICU glossary: family edition

I was talking with some preemie parent friends about NICU glossaries, and how they are filled with clinical and technical terms. Important, for sure...

Preemic Picnic 2012

People say it takes a village to raise a child. Guess what? It also takes a village to organize a Preemie Picnic! It was a very special day and many...

The weight wait

Thanks to grad mom Stefanie for sharing this story with us! In March of 2008 my daughter Elsa was born at 24 weeks gestation. Apart from the typical...

Thank you, NICU

We received this beautiful thank you letter the other day, and the parents were kind enough to want to share it with other families. To Abel’s...

10 things I know are true …

Grad mom Kirsten wrote this beautiful post on the occasion of her daughter’s first birthday. We loved it so much we asked her permission to...

The best shot possible

On this date, 7 years ago, my husband and I were in the hospital, waiting, hoping and worrying. Waiting to find out the results of the most recent...

Peter hits the slopes

When you first hear the words “your son has cerebral palsy”, you don’t think about many things other than what will his life be like. The fact that...