This morning we tried out some toys and did some therapy!
We went to Baptist Rehab and they gave us some tips to help them "catch up". I never knew this but with preemies you have a chronological age, their actual birthday age, which is 9 weeks and a developmental age, when they were supposed to be born, which is 2 weeks. So pretty much the girls should be doing things a 2 week old would be doing, which isn't too much. They should be completely caught up by the time they are 2 years old. We will go to rehab again in July and hopefully they will be doing better.
They start to follow toys when i move them across their faces and turn their heads when i shake something on their side. They are starting to look at me when i talk to them and are putting their hands together. Ramsey holds her head up pretty good, but Evie doesn't yet. Evie also favors laying or turning her head to the left and we have to force her to go to the right. This is something they said was real important because the muscles will get stronger on one side and not the other which could cause problems later.
I have learned alot about babies development, good thing it was my major:) It is pretty cool to see them do something new! I attempted to sit them in their bumbos and they did pretty well in them. Had a little trouble holding up their heads but they looked pretty cute:)
Evie
fussy pants :)
watch out for that head preference thingy! sarah had torticollis (stronger muscles on one side of her neck than the other) and we were in a year of PT for it! do you remember all that? i don't know if you were working at the preschool when sarah was 0-12 months or not. i'm bringing you dinner friday night, so i'll fill you in then...aren't you glad you have such a nosy and talkative friend? i LOVED baptist rehab. awesome awesome therapists! who did ya'll see? (that's where sarah went...)
ReplyDeleteThe picture of fussy pants (aka Ramsey) is adorable! I love it!!! They are both so cute! We did the therapy sessions until they were 6 months old and by then they had caught up. Just keep playing with them and doing the exercises and they'll be fine. :? You guys are doing great!
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