Hellobee

"My main goal in applying to be a HB blogger was to bring a special-needs parenting voice to site, so I’ll jump right into D’s birth story. Tl;dr version: being hospitalized for premature labor sucks, especially when at the end of it your baby is sick."

"People talk about the “Welcome to Holland” article, which is fitting, but to be very honest, what many parents go through is not a comparison between Italy and Holland; it’s more like Italy and an active warzone, or an erupting volcano – at least for a while."

"Our NICU social worker set up a meeting that Mr. Tiger and I could have with the neurologist to talk about the results – I suppose she was preparing us for pretty devastating news. However, the neurologist popped in when I was hanging out with D in his room several hours before the meeting and said, “I don’t want to wait to tell you good news!”"