Last week was full of adventure! Our NICU follow up appointment went well on Tuesday. Both kids are on track developmentally for their adjusted age. Matthew's head shape is something we are going to watch. Brent says he has a permanent sun shade built in because of his forehead. The physical therapist said she thinks we can fix it with positioning. We will go back in a month to check it. They won't see the nurse practitioner again for three months. They gave us information regarding their percentiles. They use a regular growth chart, (not preemie), but base it on their adjusted age. They said the percentile they really watch is head circumference because that is an indicator of brain growth. Here are the stats:
Matthew Anna Kate
Weight 12lbs 1.25 oz-60th%ile 9lb 11.75 oz-30th%ile
Length 22.25 inches-50th%ile 21.25 inches-25th%ile
Head Cir 16.5 inches-95%ile 15.34inches-90th%ile
I started back to work on Wednesday. It was a good week back and great to see all the people I work with and the parents. However, we lost power Wednesday while I was at work due to high winds. We didn't get power back until Thursday evening. So, we used the generator to heat the basement and huddled up down there. As you can see by one of the pictures-the kids kept each other warm!
We are all looking forward to a visit from Grammy Morrow this week. She will be coming on Thursday and will leave on Monday.
I am constantly encouraged and touched by the people I meet who have been praying for us and the kids. This week at work, I got a beautiful card in my box from a group called Moms in Touch. It said they had been praying for me and would continue to do so and welcomed me back to Buena Vista. I have also been in contact with a teacher at another school whose church group has been praying for us and has put together a basket of items. This mom has a particular connection to us as she has BBG triplets and her daughter's name is Anna Kate. I got her email on Friday afternoon and it was a great end to a hectic week.
Both kids seem to have a cold and aren't quite themselves. Nanny and Grampy (aka The Downstairs Daycare) will be taking them to the doctor tomorrow for their scheduled checkup. Matthew will also be going back to the cardiologist on Tuesday for a follow up. The lacix doesn't seem to be working quite as well-so we are going to check to be sure the holes haven't gotten any larger.
We had the kids evaluated by an occupational therapist last week as well. She didn't see any real areas of concern, but is going to be working with them 30min each every week. Like she said, they are supposed to "magically catch up" to their actual age by the time they are two. So, anything we can do to help would be good.
My new realistic goal is to post once per week :-). So, we'll see if that works out!
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I am a mom to a almost 5 year old little girl. She was born at 27 weeks gestation. I just wanted to let you know that preemies tend to have a longer head. With a lot of frontal bossing. Due to the fact that when they are born their heads are soft and then they rotate them side to side. It would would like their heads are flat on the sides and big in the front. I hope this helps to ease your minds a little.
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