Coming Home From NICU

Things got very difficult when I brought Lauren home.  She began crying almost constantly.  She would cry from the moment she got up in the morning until she went to bed that night, unless of course she was napping.  She was inconsolable.  I tried singing to her, walking around with her, driving in the car, sitting her in the infant swing or the vibrating bouncy seat - nothing worked!  I also slowly began to notice that she was developmentally delayed.  Lauren's tongue was large and it was really hard for her to breathe and eat at the same time.  Her tongue also quivered a lot.  Her eyes would move ever so slightly back and forth constantly.  She reminded me of a little rag doll that just laid around on the floor or in my arms all day.  Her cry.... it was always so high pitched and shrieking like.  She seemed to be in constant pain.