The other 2-year checkup

Being a NICU alumni, Mathias is enrolled in a long term study of outcomes among preemies. We recently went back for the two-year check at Children's hospital. Just as they did last year, they administered a test called Bayley to gauge development. At this age he's expected to master things like:

• Stacking objects on top of each other
• Pointing to correct images when asked things like where's the dog?
• Imitating behavior such as putting items in a cup
• Standing on one leg
• Kicking a ball
• Walking backwards

Mathias was quite a trooper through the whole ordeal, even though it took a long time. When the results were all tallied and charted, the report showed: M is developmentally where you would expect a 2-year old child to be. That is reassuring since he just turned 2!

Height and weight-wise we're holding at about the 5th percentile. But his growth trajectory is exactly as expected.

Everybody is happy!