Parents Helping Parents: The State Fair
It’s almost here – the great Minnesota Get Together runs from August 22 through September 2, Labor Day. For many, this means cheese curds, lemonade and anything you could imagine on a stick while...
View ArticleParents Helping Parents: What I Wish I Knew
For the parent of a recently diagnosed medically-complex child, getting ready to go home can be overwhelming. With the return home will come equipment, supplies, nurses, schedules – a new normal. But...
View ArticleParents Helping Parents: Organizational Tips
As parents know, organization can be a great help in keeping your home together, children on track and sanity in tact. For the parent of a medically-complex child, this can be a bit more complicated....
View ArticleParents Helping Parents: Encouraging Healthy Eating
How often have you sat at the dinner table with your kiddo, wishing they would just try one bite of the meal in front of them? Ensuring kids who eat orally are getting a healthy, balanced diet can...
View ArticleParents Helping Parents: Starting The Journey
Parents of medically-complex children remember it well – the beginning of their journey with this diagnosis. With conversations of needing DME, supplies, therapies and homecare nurses, it can seem...
View ArticleParents Helping Parents: What Do You Wish People Knew?
Being the parent to a child with medical complexities can bring an abundance of rewards and joy – but it can also bring stresses or situations that parents wouldn’t otherwise encounter. We wanted to...
View ArticleTips and Tricks for Tubes
On our Facebook page recently, we asked parents and caregivers how they keep their kiddo from pulling out their tubes or buttons. So when we saw that the parent of a kiddo getting a g-tube soon is...
View ArticleParents Helping Parents: Resources & Support Groups
Families who have children with medical complexities have access to support groups and other individuals who understand the road they’re on – but if families don’t know about these outstanding...
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