My son spent 175 days in the NICU.
I wish I'd had this.
When my youngest was born at 26 weeks after an emergency delivery, I was handed the most terrifying gift of my life — and no roadmap for how to survive it. I sat beside his isolette every single day, trying to hold onto every number, every milestone, every nurse's name, every tiny victory.
Memory is the first thing to go when you're running on fear and hospital coffee. I forgot things I desperately wanted to remember. I didn't have a system. I didn't have a community. I barely had myself.
"No NICU parent should feel alone — and no milestone should be forgotten."
I created the NICU Daily Journal for Parents because I needed it to exist. It's not a clinical tracker. It's a companion for the most overwhelming, beautiful, terrifying chapter of your life.
— Vanessa, founder of You Grow I Grow & NICU mama
