Our Story

NICU Printables & Preemie Keepsakes

Created for the smallest fighters and the strongest families.

My Kids Inspiration began the way most meaningful things do — out of personal need, in the middle of the hardest season of my life.

I'm Lisa, a preemie mom of 34-week twins and the founder of MKI. When my twin babies were in the NICU, I looked everywhere for something — a tracker, a keepsake, anything — that honored the journey we were living. Full-term baby products were everywhere. Products designed for a premature baby's path, for the milestones that matter in a NICU room, for the parents keeping watch beside an isolette? They didn't exist.

So I drew them.

 25 years and hundreds of families later.

 What started as a personal milestone calendar grew into something I never expected. Over 25 years, My Kids Inspiration has worked alongside NICU families, hospitals, and national organizations including the March of Dimes — reaching families across the US, Canada, and the UK.

Our 3-month NICU calendar — with 63 NICU-specific milestones — was medically translated into Spanish to reach Spanish speaking families who needed it most. Our products found their way into NICUs in Texas, California, and beyond.

Every milestone on every product was chosen from lived experience. Every piece of original art was drawn by me.

Why We Came Back.

I stepped away for a time. Hospital sales cycles are their own kind of marathon, and I needed to step back. But the families never left my mind, and the need never went away.

MKI is back — now as digital-first products designed to reach you instantly, wherever you are in your NICU journey. No waiting for shipping when you're already living minute to minute.

We also offer a growing line of keepsakes and gifts — for NICU moms, NICU dads, and the babies who fought their way here.

You Are Not Alone in That Room

The NICU is thrilling, hopeful, terrifying, and the greatest balancing act of your life — often all in the same hour. We know. We've been there. Every product in this shop was made because someone like you needed it and it didn't exist yet.

We would love to be a part of your NICU journey.

— Lisa