Well Ronan still isn’t walking. He is now 20 months old (17 months corrected)! We have been attending physio since he was 6 months old and it has been so helpful with reaching his milestones. His fine motor skills are just great and he has never had a problem with those, just when the body [...]

Babies who are born early usually need extra time to catch up to their full-term peers when it comes to developmental milestones, and sleep is no exception.
Why premature babies take longer to sleep through the night?
Premature babies can take longer than others to learn the difference between night and day, especially if they’ve been in [...]

Our daughter Talia recently had her first developmental review, at four months corrected. Prior to meeting the paediatrician, we completed a questionnaire asking where she was in terms of gross and fine motor control, social/communication, problem solving skills and so forth.
As a 27-weeker with a relatively smooth journey through the NICU (no major complications other [...]

Ronan was born 3 months early and he has had quite a few setbacks with his gross motor skills. We have been going to physio for about a year now and it has been an amazing help for him.
He did not start rolling until he was around 7 months “corrected”, properly sitting until 13 months [...]

Babies born very prematurely have markedly less developed brains than those born at full term, a two-year Victorian study has revealed.
The study, which examined magnetic resonance images of premature babies’ brains and compared them with those of full-term infants, found that those born before 26 weeks gestation were at high risk of major brain development [...]

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