Since McKenna was born three months early, we've had to take her back to St. Luke's every three to six months for developmental check ups. The appointments are to assess her development (i.e. cognitive skills, motor skills, social skills, etc.) against kids her age who were born full term. As you can imagine, her development was delayed at first. Today, we learned that she has not only caught up to kids her age, but that she is advanced for a 21-month old.
As parents of course we think that McKenna is smart, but in the nurses' words she is "amazing" and "brillliant". They said that McKenna has the vocabulary of a 2-1/2 year old. She also impressed them by stacking six blocks versus the two a child her age should be able to stack and by naming a dozen or more body parts compared to the six a child her age should know. All of this was exceptional since her appointment was smack in the middle of her nap time... she didn't even have her game face on!! :)
Seriously, we are so proud of how far McKenna has come. We are thrilled to receive confirmation that she is doing so well after such a rough start.
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We always knew she would be a genious! We are so happy that McKenna has grown to be a healthy little girl and that sometimes the best things arrive in small packages. :) She is such a special little girl!
Do we miss you guys already? In McKenna's words, "shess". :)
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