Authors of Preemie Care
Karen Lasby (left), RN MN CNeoN(C)
With more than 35 years of experience as a neonatal nurse, educator and researcher, Karen has developed expertise in caring for premature babies and their families. Karen has led a specialized nursing team in post-discharge follow-up of extremely premature babies beyond the neonatal intensive care unit. Her experience, compassion, and dedication to preemies and parents make her a leading expert in the neonatal journey.
Tammy Sherrow (right), RN MN
During her 35 years as a nurse, Tammy has focused on the premature population, both in the NICU and in the community, as a staff nurse, educator, manager, and researcher. Tammy worked with a specialized neonatal team following very low birth weight preemies post discharge and knows firsthand the challenges they can face, especially during that first year. She is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta.
“Finally A Guide to Preemie Parenthood”
Having a premature baby can feel like an unexpected journey on rough seas. With up-to-date and extensive information about how to look after your little one, Preemie Care will be a life raft through these tumultuous waters and steer you confidently through the first year of your baby’s life.
Preemie Care will
help you learn
- How to care for yourself and your baby while in the NICU
- What to expect at the time of discharge, and how to prepare for the journey home
- Strategies to foster your baby's health and prevent illness
- Everything you need to know about feeding from the breast and/or bottle
- How to support and stimulate your baby at each key developmental phase
- Tips for self-care during this challenging year
- And much, much more, including stories from other parents of preemies
Written for parents, but full of practical advice for healthcare professionals too, Preemie Care helps ease the unique preemie journey to health, with a comprehensive guide to the first year of life. Leading neonatal nurse specialists Karen Lasby and Tammy Sherrow draw on their decades of experience, empowering you with the knowledge and resources to give your little one the best possible start in life—in the NICU and at home.
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Professional Endorsements
“Lasby and Sherrow have produced an incredible resource—a go-to reference for families experiencing the birth of a preemie. The intimate vignettes from those who have walked this path will be of great comfort to preemie parents. I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs clarity on their journey through the NICU and support in the transition home.”
“This book simplifies the overwhelming and complicated world parents face when they have NICU babies. Using simple language, Karen and Tammy give parents a step-by-step guide from the moment their premature baby is born to the end of the first year at home. It addresses the challenges and also reminds us to celebrate the miracle of life. It’s the book every preemie parent has been waiting for.”
“Lasby and Sherrow share a vitally important perspective on all the challenges, big and small, that families encounter in the first few months after discharge. The authors have helped countless families face all the issues that arise and how to manage them practically. Filled with useful, understandable background information and invaluable tips, this phenomenal resource will benefit any parent getting ready to go home with their precious new family member.”
“Having a premature baby is a life-changing experience full of fear, stress, and
uncertainty. Written by two highly experienced NICU nurses, Preemie Care pro-
vides a lifeline to guide parents through this challenging journey.”
Parent Reviews
“Informative and reassuringly accurate!
Superb book, having just had a baby at 28+3 I am really pleased I found this book. The first two chapters on being in NICU are so relevant to what we have been through, and the remainder of the book will be so useful now we have her home.”
“Love this book!
It has insightful info for bringing our preemie home that the NICU nurses didn’t go over with us. Valuable book we will use for reference again and again.”
“Great for new preemie parents
My daughter was born at 32 weeks and I would recommend getting this book RIGHT AWAY for any preemie parents. The first section is about navigating life in the NICU, which would have been SO helpful, but I got the book in my last week in the hospital so I read it afterwards (but it would have helped!). It’s been really accurate in its descriptions of what to expect. We’ve been home for two weeks now and it’s been really helpful! Can’t wait to keep reading!
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“Helpful tips on preemie baby care!
Excellent book with tips about caring for preemie babies. Arrived quickly in perfect condition.”
What’s Inside
Here is a sneak peek of some of the key content areas covered in preemie care
Pages 258-259
Preemie Care: A guide to navigate the first year with your premature baby recognises that you are the most important key to your baby’s successful and healthy life. We offer you our six key points to serve as your “life preserver” to keep you afloat as you navigate the first year with your baby. We review the mental health concerns that may develop if your life preserver is not enough. Powerful parent stories are included to help you see that you are on a journey previously travelled by other parents. This book is packed with parent-tested, nurse-designed, and research-informed strategies and serves as a guide for parents to successfully navigate the unknown waters of prematurity during the first year. Although we can’t promise turbulence-free waters on your journey, we can assure you that following the advice in this book will help calm those seas.
What’s inside - Pages 52-53
Preemie Care: A guide to navigate the first year with your premature baby identifies key markers that your baby is getting close to discharge and signal that it’s time for you to increase your involvement with your baby. We also offer strategies to prepare yourself, your home, your family, and your baby for the big day. This information will help you avoid being caught off-guard when the discharge process steps up. We also offer advice for the first few weeks at home. Parents are typically uncertain how to shift from the discharge care instructions to adapting care to suit the baby’s growing needs. Our recommendations will help you prepare and will make a big difference to your transition home.
What’s Inside - Pages 124-125
Preemie Care: A guide to navigate the first year with your premature baby addresses the number one stressor for families at home - feeding. We cover every question and concern parents of premature babies have raised with us about feeding, from strategies for breastfeeding, bottle-feeding and tube-feeding to spoon-feeding, so that you can troubleshoot when your baby is not feeding well. Transitioning to baby-led feeding will be easier with our tips. We also provide guidance on common ailments from tummy troubles to reflux which often interfere with feeding. Our suggestions will help make feedings enjoyable and successful preventing long term feeding issues common to premature babies. In addition, we provide detailed information about preventing illness and promoting development. The book content encompasses everything you need to know about your premature baby’s health and wellness beyond the NICU!
Official Book Launch
April 2nd, 2019
Launched on Amazon worldwide!
Book launch at Mount Royal University
April 11th, 2019
New book by MRU nursing faculty members helps parents and caregivers provide for the littlest
https://www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRoyal/MediaRoom/Newsroom/preemie-care.htm
CTV Morning Live Calgary (TV, Calgary)
June 10, 2019
Fellow nursing alumni team up to write navigational book for parents of premature babies
Sept. 17, 2019
Canadian Premature Babies Foundation Podcast
While it's true that children don't really come with a manual, two Canadian nurses have made sure that preemie parents have a book to guide them from the beginning in the NICU to the end of the first year.
Preemie Care author Karen Lasby talks about breastfeeding and preemies.
Link is available under the resources tab.
Here is the Caring for a Preemie podcast I did for Nassau Community College, New York
September 25, 2019
Podcast with The New Family: Raising a Baby Born Too Soon with Preemie Care Author Tammy Sherrow
http://thenewfamily.com/2019/06/podcast-episode-239-raising-a-baby-born-too-soon/
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