Follow up with the Developmental Doctor

We had Ashlyn's 1 year check-up with the developmental doctor this week.  She followed her in the NICU and then we saw her at 6 months.  She will continue to follow her for the next year or so to make sure she is catching up from her prematurity.  She got a great check up!  Her language, cognition, problem solving and fine motor are all at the 12 month mark.  She is a little behind with her gross motor skills and she labeled her as a strong crawler which puts her at about 10 months.  She gave us some stuff to do with her to encourage her to pull up more and get stronger in standing.  She really isn't too worried about her and told us that she will probably be one of the babies that just takes off walking one day.  Her personality has always been pretty content and that might play a role in it.  We are going to challenge her to do more standing and get stronger with her upper body.   If she isn't showing more of an interest in pulling up to stand and cruising in another month she wants to see us back and may consider some therapy to help her along.  We feel pretty confident we won't have to make that appointment!