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Erin Michele
Wedding, Engagements & Family Photographer
Classic + Elegant + Natural
Weddings, Engagements & Families
Based in Tauranga, travel NZ wide.
![New Zealand Outline - Flowers.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eaad01_ea47c2c5c5394b01b432bec0de319e89~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_107,h_113,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/New%20Zealand%20Outline%20-%20Flowers.png)
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![What is 'Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia' and why it makes Covid-19 dangerous for our son..](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eaad01_76b9dc32ead640b2b87a0ee2e4b9baab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_474,h_711,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/eaad01_76b9dc32ead640b2b87a0ee2e4b9baab~mv2.webp)
What is 'Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia' and why it makes Covid-19 dangerous for our son..
Unfortunately, none of this is new for us.
Three months. That's how long Carter required oxygen to stay alive.
Our youngest son, Carter, wa
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![Carter | 22-months-old](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eaad01_f2d6b78b0daf4ba891d95a4c6572518d~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_474,h_711,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/eaad01_f2d6b78b0daf4ba891d95a4c6572518d~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.webp)
Carter | 22-months-old
He's growing fast and not giving us any time to catch up! It's been a while since I wrote an update about Carter, and with so many of you...
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![NICU 'Roomies' ..a friendship to last a lifetime](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eaad01_e5341028d71a4c84a6056dee84336e71~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_474,h_711,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/eaad01_e5341028d71a4c84a6056dee84336e71~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.webp)
NICU 'Roomies' ..a friendship to last a lifetime
#CutenessOverload ! From a NICU bay in Penrith, to little ol' Dubbo.. I was wheeled in to the NICU in my hospital bed, still in a daze...
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![NICU & SCN Nurses : More than 'just a nurse'](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eaad01_29660975f8874a1eae8118e765d14323~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_474,h_711,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/eaad01_29660975f8874a1eae8118e765d14323~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.webp)
NICU & SCN Nurses : More than 'just a nurse'
In those moments, nothing about you was 'just a nurse'..
in those moments, you were our best friends and our family.
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![The Ronald McDonald House Westmead: Our home away from home!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eaad01_6920ec6c692a4184a6f79cd9d759d142~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_474,h_711,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/eaad01_6920ec6c692a4184a6f79cd9d759d142~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.webp)
The Ronald McDonald House Westmead: Our home away from home!
Think about the amount of laundry you do in a week.
Now think about how difficult it would be if you were on unpaid leave from work so you c
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![What we feed Carter to manage his Reflux and Cow's Milk Allergy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eaad01_2d445c8b53cd42018a7be442316ead90~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_474,h_711,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/eaad01_2d445c8b53cd42018a7be442316ead90~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.webp)
What we feed Carter to manage his Reflux and Cow's Milk Allergy
Now, at nine months old, Carter is 7kg; still well under the 'average' weight of a baby his age.
He doesn't even make it into th
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We're going back to Westmead
Carter received the official diagnosis of 'Obstructive Sleep Apnoea' back in July - a condition that was suggested we manage at home
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![Sharing our story through the Flying Doctors](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eaad01_73b7af282f7a431da5d65d9dcbf0705f~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_474,h_711,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/eaad01_73b7af282f7a431da5d65d9dcbf0705f~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.webp)
Sharing our story through the Flying Doctors
This isn’t just a ‘story’. This is our LIFE!
And all these feelings, they’re replicated across the country.. across the globe.. by families
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Carter's Eight Months Old
As Carter enters his ninth month, he's FINALLY cutting his first tooth!!
This bloody c-word of a tooth has been coming up and going back
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![Why Ed Sheeran's 'What do I know?' makes my heart sink..](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eaad01_b5762ce9881b4c049141f82895d1e03d~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_474,h_711,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/eaad01_b5762ce9881b4c049141f82895d1e03d~mv2_d_2400_3600_s_4_2.webp)
Why Ed Sheeran's 'What do I know?' makes my heart sink..
I found myself having a mental break down one morning.
It was a couple of weeks into our NICU journey. We'd just received news that ther
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