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Kimmie
 Mar 23, 07 - 11:05 AM |
Developmental milestone for preemie twins slower than singleton babies?
Hi Is it true that developmental milestones are achieved later for preemie twins (born at 35 weeks) compared to singleton full term babe? |
Janice
Mar 24th, 2007 - 12:56 PM |
Re: Developmental milestone for preemie twins slower than singleton babies?
Hi Kimmie, Personally, I don't think so. Though the twins are prematured, but very soon they should be able to catch with the rest of the babies. I have a friend with twin girls who were born prematured too. Now at 4 years old, in terms of size and metal development, they were ahead of many kids of the same age! Regards, Janice |
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*sasha*
Mar 25th, 2007 - 10:16 AM |
Re: Developmental milestone for preemie twins slower than singleton babies?
Hi Kimmie, My twin sons were born at 29wks premature with a loadful of complications which was added on after their birth. Besides having a traumatic first 3mths in the hospital, we were also very worried abt their growth, developmentally & intectually. Premature babies are assesed according to their corrected age instead of their actual age until they are abt 3yrs old. In all honesty, I do not think that development milestones for preemies are achieved at a later stage. Even if they are slower, I doubt that it is very drastic. My twin sons who are 2yrs(corrected age) now, are doing very well in all aspects: speech, fine motor skills etc In their 1st year of their lives, they used to have frequents visits to the hospital for speech therapy, physiotheraphy etc. Their neonatologist believed that early intervention can help them. And it did. They have since stopped seeing their therapists and are doing very well on their own. If your twins were born with complications, then these issues need to resolved first as they can be related to their development in the long run. Also you need to give your twins room to explore, learn & grow. A lot of preemie parents I know tend to be over-protective of their children but I can understand that perfectly. But if we keep holding them back, we are not helping them either. Dont worry so much. I am sure that your twins will be fine. Look at mine! :) If there are any worries, I am sure that your paediatrician will point this out to you when they go for their assessment. Cheers! |
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Kimmie
Mar 26th, 2007 - 7:04 PM |
Re: Developmental milestone for preemie twins slower than singleton babies?
Thanks. I am just wondering why are they still not learning to crawl yet, they are now corrected 8 mths of age? One twin cant even sit properly without support. They are born fine with no complications, ie above 2kg and without special care. |
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jen
Mar 27th, 2007 - 10:08 AM |
Re: Developmental milestone for preemie twins slower than singleton babies?
Hi Kimmie, Not all babies go through crawling stage - whether twins or not. For my babies, one twin crawled, the other didn't and went straight to walking at 11+ months. After he learned how to walk, he decided to try crawling as well. My PD also told us it's common that some babies do not crawl. It is ok as long as they walk eventually, so don't worry. |
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Padmaja
Mar 28th, 2007 - 4:05 PM |
Re: Developmental milestone for preemie twins slower than singleton babies?
Hi Kimmie, My b/g twins were born at 36.5 weeks. DD crawled around 7 months but DS took long time and crawled only at the start of 10th month. As others said, some babies straight go to the walking stage. I was expecting my DS also to do that. May be DD inspired him especially when she used to grab things from him and crawl away while he helplessly used to sit at one place and cry :). Padmaja |
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