by Amber Essner | Jul 31, 2019 | Growin' Rowan, Mommin', NICU
I remember my Nana telling me about when she saw my aunt’s head for the first time, she cried. It was cone-shaped from the ole’ birth canal. The nurse told her not to worry and just rub her head to reshape it. I guess it worked because my aunt has a great looking...
by Amber Essner | Jul 26, 2019 | Growin' Rowan, Mommin', NICU
This is not just a crib. This crib represents hope in the face of fear. You guys know the odds we were given, if you can call them odds when every doctor tells you there is absolutely no chance. So understandably, there was no nursery prepared, no gifts registered, no...
by Amber Essner | May 4, 2019 | NICU
Special Delivery: NICU Books! One day while Rowan was in the NICU, I received a very special delivery from a dear cousin. Books! We both have teaching degrees, so we both know the value of reading to kids, babies too! Even the tiniest of babies can benefit from...
by Amber Essner | May 3, 2019 | NICU
Life is Tough for NICU Mamas The NICU is not part of anyone’s ideal birth plan, take it from a professional NICU mama. My baby was in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for 186 days, that’s just over six months! We both survived, thank God! I was blessed with a...
by Amber Essner | May 1, 2019 | Mommin', NICU
An experience recently made me question my relationship with my mother. Like many growing up, I used to think things between the two of us were, well, complicated. There were preteen hormone induced arguments. College years were abundantly stocked with eye-rolls and...
