Preemie babies age norming for AAP tests

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really care about this issue, but preEmie. Not premie. Thank you.

NP. I have a premie and either spelling is acceptable.

If you fell off a turnip truck.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really care about this issue, but preEmie. Not premie. Thank you.

NP. I have a premie and either spelling is acceptable.

If you fell off a turnip truck.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premie

I kind of wonder how two “e”s came to be the more common spelling. Seems like an extra e is added. Premature not preemature...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh! First not all preemies adjust. My seven year old was a micro preemie and he still has issues, “may never adjust.” So tired of everyone thinking because he survived it is all OK. But still - I don’t think his age should be adjusted for some test. Might as well hold him back a grade. It is 4 months? I don’t get how adjusting would work.

By the 3rd grade, child's milestones are counted in years and not in months. So it seems impractical to normalize 8 year olds that were once preemies. If the child "may never adjust", that's a different topic altogether. Maybe get special needs involved.

[Anonymous]

Op, well done!

[Anonymous]

This did make me laugh, but also took me back to my less than two pound preemie, who tested in 140s with WISC and is about to graduate from a well regarded private college. We took her to the developmental pediatrician for all those checks as an infant and toddler, and thank God she came through it all fine, although she's short!