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.