'ONCE UPON AN ACORN' BLOG

  • Life after NICU during Lockdown

    by Helen Davies
    Having your baby in NICU is scary at the best of times and being away from your newborn is hard for anyone, but I really feel for parents whose pre...

  • Why Little Acorns is such a super comparison!

    by Helen Davies
    I love the saying 'From Little Acorns Mighty Oaks Grow' which is why I really love all our acorn themed gifts.  Today we sourced the most gorgeous ...

  • My preemie's turning two.. and it really is a BIG deal!

    by Helen Davies
    I wrote this in floods of tears the night before my newly 2 year old twins met their NICU consultant for the final time.  The enormity of the previ...

  • I now know NICU

    by Helen Davies
    I was inspired to write this about my experience a couple of months after leaving the NICU, after reading a similar piece on Peek-a-boo ICU.  I ded...

  • Completing the circle......

    by Helen Davies
    Writing some of the copy for this website has really given me a time travel type feeling.  Suddenly within a few paragraphs I'm catapulted into a w...