Good news...
We qualify for additional help from Missouri's First Steps program. This means that Elisa will get extra help from therapists to aid in her development to keep her on track with other babies her actual age.
Bad news...
We qualify. Therefore she must need the help. Therefore the darned preemie mom guilt feelings are back in full swing. Just another thing my darned body failed me on. *sigh*
2 comments:
Well, I think it all depends on how you qualified - did they test her, or was it a preemie, born before a certain age sort of thing? I know I can't say don't feel guilty, but really it will make you feel good to get her weight more frequently and they will help you with some activities that will totally catch her up! (And really from the rolly polly thing you said in the docs office, she doesn't sound too far off!)
I think it's a combination. She was tested for her development, but we haven't heard how delayed she was. She "pre-qualified" based on birth weight alone. However, the person testing her did say she was going to push to have her in the program regardless of her amount of delay because we have no local resources with a local NICU since, as you know, she was born in Phoenix.
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