WEBSITES

KidsHealth.org
Prematurity.org
March of Dimes
MedlinePlus
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

BOOKS: for parents and families

A Mother’s Diary: How to Survive the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by Menetra D. Hathorn. Trafford Publishing, 2005.

Caring for your Premature Baby by Alan H. Klein, MD and Jill Alison Ganon. HarperCollins, 1998.

The Early Intervention Dictionary, 3rd edition by Jeanine G. Coleman, M.Ed. Woodbine House, 2006.

Newborn Intensive Care: What Every Parent Needs to Know, 3rd edition edited by Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN, NNP-BC. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2009.

Parenting your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey by Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D. and Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D. Fulcrum Publishing, 2004.

*Preemies: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies by Dana Wechsler Linden, Emma Trenti Paroli, and Mia Wechsler Doron, MD. Pocket Books, 2000.

The Nursing Mother’s Companion, 6th ed. by Kathleen Huggins, RN, MS. The Harvard Common Press, 2010.

*The Parents Guide to Children’s Congenital Heart Defects by Gerri Freid Kramer and Shari Maurer. Three Rivers Press, 2001.

The Premature Baby Book: A Parents Guide to Coping and Caring in the First Years by Helen Harrison and Ann Kositsky, RN. St. Martin’s Press, 1983.

*What to Expect the First Year, 2nd ed. by Heidi Murkhoff, Sandee Hathaway, and Arlene Eisnberg. Workman Publishing, 2003.

You Are Not Alone: The NICU Experience by Sabra Albritton, Donna Acosta, Deanna Bellinger, Denise Farmer, et al. Childrens Medical Ventures, Inc. 1998.

Your Baby’s First Year: A Guide for Teenage Parents, 3rd ed. by Jeanne Warren Lindsay. Morning Glory Press, 2004.

Your Premature Baby: Everything You Need to Know About Childbirth, Treatment and Parenting of Premature Infants by Frank P. Manginello, MD and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo, M.Ed. John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

Your Premature Baby and Child: Helpful Answers and Advice for Parents by Amy E. Tracy and Dianne I. Maroney, RN. The Berkley Publishing Group, 1999.

*Available for reading in Hurley Medical Center’s NICU

BOOKS: for siblings

Born Early: A Premature Baby’s Story by Lida Lafferty, Nancy Bohac Flood, and Rebecca Young. Fairview Press, 1994.

Believe in Katie Lynn by Bartholomew Resta, MD. Eggman Publishing, 1995.

I Eat at Mommy’s by Anna E. Bradley-McBeth. Big Brain Publishers, 1999.

I’m Made of Mama’s Milk by Mary Olsen. Mary Olsen Books, 2002.

Katie’s Premature Brother by Elizabeth Hawkins-Walsh. Centering Corporation, 2006.

No Bigger Than My Teddy Bear by Valerie Pankow. Family Books, 2004.

Where’s Jess: For Children Who Have a Brother or Sister Die by Joy and Marv Johnson with Heather, Ray, and Jody Goldstein. Centering Corporation, 1982.