According to the physical therapist, occupational therapist, and speech therapist, both girls are right on track with their developmental milestones! For this part of the appointment, they basically consider Evie and Sophie to only be 5 months, 12 days old -- this is called their corrected or adjusted age and is based on if they'd been born on their due date. The appointment took place right when they should have been napping, so the girls were pretty sleepy and crabby and the therapists couldn't quite get their assessments done the way they would have liked to, but based on what Nate and I told them the girls were able to do, they are right on track (sometimes even a little bit ahead of their adjusted age!)
Evie weighs 18 lbs, 12 oz. (50th percentile when NOT correcting for prematurity!) and Sophie weighs 15 lbs., 8 oz. (15th percentile when not correcting for prematurity.) The doctor was very pleased with their weight gain and said that they don't often see such great results. Several people commented that it was nearly impossible to tell that they were preemies. The doctor told us that, solely based on their cheeks, she knew they were getting enough to eat. :) Because Sophie has not yet hit the growth chart for her length, we were advised to place her back on the preemie formula, which has more protein, calcium, and phosphorus than regular formula and can help with bone growth. Such a bummer for me, but I'm glad she'll be getting what she needs.
The girls will go back for another developmental assessment in July. We knew they were doing pretty well with their development, but it was so nice to hear it from the experts. We have so much to be thankful for!
Here are some recent pics of the babes...
Having lots of fun playing. You can see that Evie is Little Miss Personality! |
"We LOVE fruits and veggies!" |
One of my favorite pics of my smiley girls. You can see how identical they are! |
Our first Halloween! I took the girls to a Halloween party at Nate's work. It was so fun! |
The girls were dedicated this past Sunday -- such a special day! |
Nate, Sara, Evie & Sophie