So my baby was born 7 weeks early due to severe preeclampsia and IUGR. She was 3lb 5oz. She was in the NICU for only 20 days due to doing so well, out before she was even 4lbs.
She started nursery when she was 10 month actual age (8mo-ish corrected).
Nursery keep mentioning about her core strength. That they’re trying to build her muscles in her legs up as she only wants to sit, doesn’t walk etc. They keep asking if she’s had her year check up from the health visitor and I’m starting to worry that they think she’s delayed or that I’m not helping her develop properly.
They’re correct in that she isn’t walking independently but she does walk holding onto your fingers, she holds onto furniture and is quite steady. She can’t pull herself up on furniture yet but can do it on people, like she’ll climb up our bodies like a little monkey. She doesn’t want to sit when she’s at home, she cries until you walk about with her. She isn’t crawling but is bum shuffling (steadily and extremely rapidly when she wants to), I was also a bum shuffler. I didn’t crawl at all and was walking at 9 months but I was born at 43ish weeks back in the 80’s and was chunky as anything.
As far as I’m concerned, she’s actually hit most of her milestones early or on track for actual age instead of corrected. I was told very premature babies are often really late to do most things. She has 5 or 6 words in her vocabulary, babbles appropriately, waves, camps hands and mimics actions and stuff really well.
Should I be worried here? I’ve had a bit of health anxiety since she was born as I was so ill and she was so tiny so the nursery repeatedly saying things about her lack of strength (which I don’t agree with) is weighing on my mind.