Alex had his 2 year corrected assessment on Tuesday. 3 hours of all sorts of interesting fun and games. I do find these things interesting though I have doubts over the accuracy of them, especially when you have a 2yo who doesn't always want to co-operate.
Alex only woke up just before we left, had a drink in the car and hadn't had any food so I expected him to be quite cranky but in general he was very good. Only got a bit upset when they kept trying to get him to do something he didn't want to or stop him doing something he did.
Of course there were some things he didn't do on demand which I know he will do at home and other things he could have done if they were worded a little differently or the tools were a little different. Like the plastic doll they had, all plastic with no clothes. Alex doesn't have any dolls at home and I don't know that he has even seen one like that before. Still he was able to point out the 'baby's' eyes, hands etc but couldn't identify her hair. Her 'hair' was a pattern in on the molded plastic head. He could have probably identified 'head' if they asked but I think expecting him to call a plastic pattern 'hair' was a bit much. I could almost see him thinking 'you idiots this thing has no hair' :)
Similar thing with drawing. Alex can draw lines, circles and even a good approximation of a star, with his crayons but not for the assessors. They gave him a very long pencil and he likes to hold pencils on the very end (not the tip) so the way he was holding it, it ended up almost horizontal and he couldn't apply enough pressure to draw.
Then there were other things he did that I didn't know he could do. Things he hasn't been exposed to before or we just hadn't noticed. Like threading a block on a string and walking sideways.
There were even things he did too well, bypassing the basic skill they were testing. Like a puzzle he was supposed to put together on the table. He held it up in the air in front of him and did it there. Failed because it wasn't on the table but I thought it showed a lot more skill and imagination to do it they way he did.
Anyway he scored in the low averages (which I think is different to below average) for most things. I'll know more when we get the report in a few weeks. His area of strength was his motor skills which is really funny cause last time they were his area of weakness. They also commented on how physically strong he is.
Physically he is healthy (we knew that) and normal. They were surprised he has done so well without any OT or physio help and said nice things about how well we had done with him. His height is 88cm which puts his expected adult height around 5'9". Weight was 12.2kg (less than on the home scales) and his head circumference hasn't changed since November which I think is strange but the Dr's don't.
We finally got someone to take our concerns about his tongue and hand seriously and now we know what's what. He has Geographical Tongue which isn't a problem and wont effect his speech or eating. It just looks strange. So nice to know that!
The problem with his hand is a Ganglion so they are sending us a referral to a hand surgeon. It does need to but fixed before it effects his hand mobility. Especially important as he is left handed and the Ganglion is at the base (palm side) of his middle finger on the left hand.
Not looking forward to him having surgery especially an anesthetic. Typical I think of any parent of a prem that has been ventilated before (especially for a long time and has CLD). The anesthetic is the scariest thing. I am looking forward to it being fixed though before it gets worse. We have to wait for the referral.
Now I have to go and find out why my dear husband isn't home yet (dinner is ready) and just because you asked here's some photos taken here and now.
This is Alex amusing himself tonight with his latest game. Shredding tissues, wiping spit all over his face and sticking bits of tissue to his face. I had to stop him when he started sticking them up his nose!
and a really simple scrap page I did as a tittle page for Alex's scrapbook.
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