--Spend 5 weeks expressing 11 gallons of breastmilk for a baby who was too weak to nurse after coming home.
--Sleep upright in the recliner every night for a record breaking 6 month bout with colic.
--Help him to someday understand the death of his brother even though I still have trouble understanding some days.
--Be grateful that his "course" in the NICU was as uneventful as it was.
--Grin like a lunatic every time he uses his pouty face to manipulate me.
--Immediately give in to the pouty face.
--Teach him that his early start and disabilities make him as normal as every other kid on the block.
--Know in my heart that I have been the best kind of mommy he could have...his kind of mommy. --Gretchen, mom of Mason 32 weeker now almost 2 1/2, and angel Isaac

--Dress her like a fashion plate.
--Give her smelly soaps for her bath (thank goodness that she doesn't have sensitive skin).
--Fight with a breast pump for 4 months.
--Visit her almost every day in the hospital for over a year now.
--Fill her crib like a toy box.
--Rock her to sleep when all I want to do is play.
--Look into alternatives when the doc's say there aren't any.
--Hope and pray that she will get home one day.--Erika, Mom to Bailey 30 wkr born 3.20.97 still in the hospital