• Babies + Toddlers,  Our PRS + NICU Journey

    Controlling the Drool with a Cleft Palate Baby

    Some links may be affiliate links. I may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these. I’m in the middle of writing down my entire NICU story and it’s getting pretty heavy, so I wanted to take a break and write about something that’s been on my mind lately. Drool. Yeah, my life has pretty much been all about drool for the past 11 months. My daughter has a cleft palate so it seems like the stream of drool flowing from her mouth is never ending. I thought I’d share some ways I’ve found to deal with this issue and make the best…

  • About me,  Babies + Toddlers,  Our PRS + NICU Journey

    What Is Pierre Robin Sequence? Josie’s Journey, Part 1

    Hey everyone! Welcome to my blog! As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve decided to (re)start my blog in order to share the story of my daughter, and her journey with a rare birth defect called Pierre Robin Sequence.  Our Story Josephine was born with Pierre Robin Sequence, or PRS for short. We had no idea this condition even existed until the moment Josie was born. She came out blue due to lack of oxygen, and the doctors and nurses immediately realized that something was very wrong. The on-call neonatologist rushed in to my delivery room. He identified the source of the issue within minutes: Josie had a small…

  • About me

    I’m back!

    Hey everyone! Welcome to my blog! I just wanted to start out with a quick intro post to let you all know what I’m planning for this blog. As some of you might remember, I actually started this blog a couple years ago and I used it to mainly talk about low carb food and my crazy cat horde. Unfortunately I didn’t keep up with it because I got a new job, got married, and had a baby in pretty quick succession. In other words, life got REAL, real quick. But now that things have settled down a bit (do they ever really settle when you have a kid though?)…