Kristie McNealy, MD

Bonding with your baby in the NICU can be difficult, especially if your baby is very small or sick, and can’t be held or handled often.  Kangaroo care, holding baby skin-to-skin, has enormous benefits both babies and parents in the NICU, including improved bonding.  Unfortunately, sometimes medical treatments including the use of phototherapy to treat [...]

Life in the neonatal intensive care is intense, and with the relative chaos and frequent pressure to “do anything” to save these tiny lives, many of the medications now in common use are actually poorly tested.  A new study by Pediatrix Medical Group researchers has found that the use of educational programs and automated feedback [...]

Tonight, I was inspired by an old post by Darcy at Life With My 3 Boybarians, where she discussed some of the struggles her son “Trouble” has endured since coming home from the NICU.  While our daughter’s story isn’t any where near as long or dramatic as Trouble’s, it still irks me when people take [...]