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Crying – it’s the only method newborns have to signal to their parents that they’re in distress. Hunger, pain, fatigue, discomfort — it’s all expressed through one kind of cry or another.
But what would happen if your baby couldn’t cry? Little Devon, son to Jody Woods and Joshua Sutterfield of Cullman, Alabama was born without that ability. His vocal cords are paralyzed.
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When I had my first baby, I shared my room with a young woman who’d delivered her daughter prematurely. I felt so bad for her; here I was with this healthy, crying baby while hers was stuck in the NICU. When she left the second day I was there, her baby stayed behind. I’ve thought of her often through the years and wondered how she and her little girl fared.
Some interesting new studies are now finding that having a baby endure a long stay in the NICU can actually cause post-traumatic stress disorder in the parents. Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine followed 18 parents, Continue reading »
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