Sunday, June 26, 2011

Graduation from NICU followup














Greetings!



Jonas and Elsa had their final NICU follow-up appointment this week. The program monitors NICU graduates to see how they are doing developmentally and to align other resources as needed. Jonas and Elsa have had several of these four hour appointments over the past two years checking to see if they are doing what a typical babies/child does at each milestone. The past several visits there have been areas where Elsa and Jonas have been at their adjusted age milestone but not their actual age milestone. We think this motivated Jonas and Elsa and they worked their tails off as a result.





This time, Elsa and Jonas rocked each assessment and came out right where they needed to be. We were a little nervous about the threading a shoelace through a hole in a block test because this had been tricky in the past. This time, Elsa was first up and she picked up the thread and quicker than a flash had it through the first two blocks. Jonas followed suit and did a fabulous job.



Another area of assessment was speech. One of the bare minimums was for them to both know at least 50 words. This was a non-issue. They say about 50 words before breakfast in the morning! Overall, they did great on this test too! We are so proud of their hard work and effort!



Elsa and Jonas have graduated from the Nicu follow-up. The sun is almost out. The rain is almost past. The flowers are here. The birds are singing! Summer is here!



Pictures: The new "playground" in the backyard; Daddy's alligator (calculator).



God Bless,



Mari & Elsa & Jonas & Dan










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