MummyCharmzy
20-03-2006, 12:01
Just curious to see how everyones premmies went developmentally from birth to school age.
DS was 9 weeks premature and at 10 months started showing signs of a developmental delay.. at 2 years he was formally diagnosed as Developmentally Delayed... he was 24 months and assessed at the level of a 14-16 month old but over the next 12 months with a lot of hard work he caught up remarkably and at 3 years old was assessed in almost every regard as 'up to date' for a 3 year old. A couple of things he was still slightly behind, and another couple he was actually assessed as 'advanced' for a 3 year old... so those 12 months did hima world of good.
He rolled one way around 7 months and both ways by 9 months. Crawled just before 11 months and walked JUST before 18 months. He didnt really talk until he turned 2 but now he's 3 he doesn't stop talking and singing all day long! He only mastered walking up and down stairs around his 3rd birthday but the paed put that more down to his height (he's 87cm now and almost 3.5)
So just curious to see how other premmies went developmentally and if anyone else had issues like we did as I know they're all different and some do brilliantly straight away,others take a wihle to catch up and others are always a little bit 'behind' for there age (but perfect for them of course :))
Just as a little comparison DD was only 5 weeks early but you would never have known it. Developmentally shes perfectly on track and has been since birth which I find amazing!
DS was 9 weeks premature and at 10 months started showing signs of a developmental delay.. at 2 years he was formally diagnosed as Developmentally Delayed... he was 24 months and assessed at the level of a 14-16 month old but over the next 12 months with a lot of hard work he caught up remarkably and at 3 years old was assessed in almost every regard as 'up to date' for a 3 year old. A couple of things he was still slightly behind, and another couple he was actually assessed as 'advanced' for a 3 year old... so those 12 months did hima world of good.
He rolled one way around 7 months and both ways by 9 months. Crawled just before 11 months and walked JUST before 18 months. He didnt really talk until he turned 2 but now he's 3 he doesn't stop talking and singing all day long! He only mastered walking up and down stairs around his 3rd birthday but the paed put that more down to his height (he's 87cm now and almost 3.5)
So just curious to see how other premmies went developmentally and if anyone else had issues like we did as I know they're all different and some do brilliantly straight away,others take a wihle to catch up and others are always a little bit 'behind' for there age (but perfect for them of course :))
Just as a little comparison DD was only 5 weeks early but you would never have known it. Developmentally shes perfectly on track and has been since birth which I find amazing!