People keep asking when I expect my baby will catch up with babies that are born around the same time as her. The first few times I got this question I wasn't that bothered but the more I get it I'm just baffled.
Never, that's when I expect her to catch up.
She was a micropreemie born at 25 weeks. She's turning 6 months old actual this weekend. I don't want her to be hitting the milestones of a six month old. I'm just impressed that she's already hit most of the 3 month milestones, I'd be calm even if she hadn't. She's only 2 and a half months adjusted and even if she was even more delayed in her milestones that would be super understandable. My daughter has fought like hell to be here, I have no expectations of her beyond what she's able. I'm so impressed and proud of her that every time I get the question I'm offended for her.
People have told me that they've heard that preemies generally catch up by X age. X had been a few different ages ranging from 8 months to 6 years although I think I've most often heard about 2 years. I'd expect that preemies wouldn't ever really catch up, the margin of error for expected milestones just grows bigger than the amount of time they were born early. Their delays just disappear into standard deviation. Am I wrong?
Never, that's when I expect her to catch up.
She was a micropreemie born at 25 weeks. She's turning 6 months old actual this weekend. I don't want her to be hitting the milestones of a six month old. I'm just impressed that she's already hit most of the 3 month milestones, I'd be calm even if she hadn't. She's only 2 and a half months adjusted and even if she was even more delayed in her milestones that would be super understandable. My daughter has fought like hell to be here, I have no expectations of her beyond what she's able. I'm so impressed and proud of her that every time I get the question I'm offended for her.
People have told me that they've heard that preemies generally catch up by X age. X had been a few different ages ranging from 8 months to 6 years although I think I've most often heard about 2 years. I'd expect that preemies wouldn't ever really catch up, the margin of error for expected milestones just grows bigger than the amount of time they were born early. Their delays just disappear into standard deviation. Am I wrong?