| So your baby was born early. In the medical | | | | super cute articles of clothing, for boys or girls, |
| community, this is known as premature. | | | | available from hundreds of various websites. |
| Typically, a premature infant is one defined as being | | | | You can choose from puppies and tie dyes, to |
| born prior to 37 weeks and weighing less than 5 | | | | camping, to cars and trucks, and everything in |
| pounds. Often, these children will spend time in the | | | | between, for boys and for girls, many stores offer |
| Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a hospital | | | | some of the cutest flower dresses you have ever |
| before they are strong enough to venture home and | | | | seen, not to mention some really cute clothes with fish, |
| become incorporated into the lives of their family. | | | | rainbow and bird patterns. |
| Usually these kiddos stay in the NICU for a time equal | | | | In addition, these stores also offer clothing that is NICU |
| to the number of weeks they were born early -- for | | | | friendly which means that the wires and leads typically |
| example, a child born at 30 weeks will typically be | | | | associated with a premature hospitalised infant are |
| hospitalised for 7 weeks in the NICU -- and until there is | | | | able to be secured within the clothing so, for the most |
| not a dire medical necessity. | | | | part, they are out of the way for some tender loving |
| During this time, it is often an emotional roller coaster | | | | care. |
| for the family, but one thing that can help bring | | | | Purchasing clothes from online baby stores is also |
| normality to the situation is the purchase of baby | | | | beneficial to the well being of the infant in that it |
| clothes for the wee one. Unfortunately, there are not | | | | provides the family some sort of normalcy in their |
| many baby clothing stores out in the physical world | | | | child's life and that can go a long way in providing |
| that cater to the specific needs of a "preemie". | | | | healing energy for the infant as well as the family. Just |
| No worries, though. A quick Internet search yields a | | | | keep in mind that you want to search for preemie |
| plethora of results for baby clothing stores online that | | | | specific clothes and you should be able to find |
| satisfy the needs of these unique infants. There are | | | | everything you are looking for. Happy shopping! |