Raising premature babies: What parents should know about their natural born warriors

(From left) Terence Ng Liang Cheng, his sons Ng Yuan Jun, Ng Guan Eu, Ng Jian Xuan, and his wife, Wong Yen Hong. ST PHOTO: TIMOTHY DAVID
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SINGAPORE - Ahead of World Prematurity Day on Nov 17, parents share their roller coaster journeys of raising preterm children from infancy to adolescence.

Ng Jian Xuan deftly shoots a soft football into a corner of the living room over and over, while his two younger brothers, aged six and three, play nearby.

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