Category_Medical Motherhood Travelling with Twins: Kidco PeaPod Travel Bed Review This post is sponsored by Kidco, who graciously provided me with 2 PeaPod beds to try out in exchange for my honest review. One of the hardest parts of travelling...
Category_Tube Feeding How I Transitioned My G-Tube Twins to a Blended Tube Feeding Diet I knew from the beginning of our tubie journey that if the boys were still being tube fed by 12 months old (corrected age), then I was going to blend...
Category_Medical Motherhood>NICU Mom Life My Exclusively Pumping for Twins Journey I exclusively pumped breastmilk for my twin boys for 15.75 months. (Lol ok 16 months we’ll say, it was a few days shy of that.) It wasn’t my original plan...
Category_Recommendations My Favourite G-Tube Supplies for Babies Caring for a new G-tube site or learning to feed via G-tube at first can seem daunting, but having the right gear makes it a lot easier. Most of this...
Category_Medical Motherhood Life Lately: The Highs, Lows and In Betweens I haven’t had the heart to write a lot lately. So much is going on, but my brain is too exhausted to then think it out into words most of...
Category_Physio What Going to an Appointment Looks Like with G-Tube Twins (+ Jaxon's Hearing) I’m writing the following as a peek into my real life and what it’s like to go to appointments every day with the boys’ G-tubes and reflux. Today I had...
Category_Physio Our First MEDEK Intensive (CME Physiotherapy) In May 2019, we attended our first MEDEK intensive, also known as CME or Cuevas Medek Exercises. For those parents not “in the know” with special needs lingo, it’s a...
Adaptive Clothes My Fave Adaptive Rompers for G-Tube Babies A few months ago, I was gifted two Ready Set Rompers to try out for my twins (both have G-tubes in case you’re new here!). Not only are they super...
Canadian Healthcare How the Canadian Health System Fails Children with Brain Injuries This week I wrote an Instagram post about being angry, about how advocating for my boys hasn’t gotten anywhere. We still don’t get hands-on physio, rarely OT, etc. I thought...
Baby Gear Ultimate Guide to Our PT / OT Baby Gear (+ Where to Buy) If you have a medically complex little one, you know how quickly all the STUFF adds up. Besides regular baby stuff, I’m talking about all the physio and occupational therapy...
Category_Medical Motherhood Neurosurgery and a Walk Around Shaughnessy A few weeks ago, I was rather proud of myself for getting the boys out early for their big appointment and for doing the whole day by myself. It was...
Category_Medical Motherhood>NICU Mom Life Our First NICU Reunion Tea Last week we had our first NICU reunion tea to attend with the boys! Our hospital holds this lunch every year for current and previous NICU families. It’s a way...