1-year Stats

After getting home from a PT conference in Las Vegas late last night . . . 

Today we visited Dr. McLaren for the boys' 1-year check-up.  We have fortunately had a very healthy year and have only been in for well visits.  I'm sure once the boys get into the church nursery, our time will come! . . .

So here are the stats:

Luke: length 28.5 inches

           weight 18 pounds 2 ounces

   around the 3rd percentile (on regular growth chart, not age-adjusted)

Bowen: length 28 inches

      weight 21 pounds 4 ounces

              around the 25th percentile for weight, can't remember for length

Okay, I may be off on the ounces part, but close enough.  And yes, Bowen's heavier and Luke's longer.  Dr. McLaren says Luke on the growth chart is perfectly proportioned.  Although they are low on the growth chart, they are at least registering.

So while they are continually progressing in their developmental milestones, Dr. McL wants them to get a thorough evaluation by PT/OT/Speech at a NICU follow up clinic.  So we will probably be doing that in the next few weeks.  He wants us to be proactive in keeping them on track.  Based on the screening milestone questionnaire, Luke is delayed in all areas and Bowen is delayed in communication & fine motor skills (though I highly doubt that is accurate for Bowen).  Bowen continues to pull up, crawl, jabber, and eat cheerios.  Luke now rolls and gets into quadruped/rocking with ease; he's able to feed himself cheerios, but only if we're not nearby (he's very smart, that kid).  Tonight, I taught him how to high-five; very cute!

We'll be back to more regular posts after I take my big specialization exam on March 14th!