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Dumbledore in the NICU

My daughter is lying in Bed No. 3, a clear plastic box in the neonatal intensive care unit at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. She is attached to the wall by a jangle of colored wires, each tracking the strength of her uncertain grasp on this world. She is 6 days old.

My mother whispers to her, “I am with you.” These are her first words in more than four years.

Soon before she died in 2009, my mother wrote a letter to the grandchild she would never meet. It sat in a safe-deposit box on Montague Street, unopened, waiting for me to find my way to fatherhood. Last week my wife, Kyra, gave birth to our first child, and it was time to get the letter.

I was…

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 Dumbledore in the NICU

My daughter is lying in Bed No. 3, a clear plastic box in the neonatal intensive care unit at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. She is attached to the wall by a jangle of colored wires, each tracking the strength of her uncertain grasp on this world. She is 6 days old. My mother whispers to her, “I am with you.” These are her first words in more than four years.

17 Ways To Help Preemie Parents In The NICU

While every family is different, these tips can offer some guidance to the wonderful people supporting preemie parents in the NICU.

5 Newborn Tests And Treatments Your Baby In NICU Probably Doesn't Need

That’s not to say the tests and treatments in the list below should never be used. Rather, they should be ordered when there is a reason to do so instead of simply being the default.

7 Things I Wish I Had Done During NICU

When our twins were born nine weeks premature, we were thrust into a fog of fear, separation and numbness. Looking back now, there are so many things I wish someone had told me to consider doing. Twenty months later, there are things that I think could have helped and other things I wish I had to look back on. If you or someone you know is currently living through NICU, or you are likely to spend time in NICU ,then these are the seven things I wish I could go back and suggest to myself.

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