When Zoe was first born and so small, I couldn't imagine her being big enough to fill a newborn sized diaper. I knew we had some challenges in store for us. For her first two years of life, we had to mark her progress as her chronological age and her corrected age. As she got closer to age two, those two got closer to being the same age. This is normal for micro-preemies like Zoe. What it did to me mentally is made me keep that type of comparison going throughout her life.
When we started preschool when she was 3, I was eager to see if she was similar to her peers or behind. I've purchased workbooks that we do together at home, Meet the Sight Words videos and anything that would help her learning. I didn't want her to be behind because of her hard start at life. Socially she's exactly like her peers, but I didn't ever know if that was developmentally as well. Honestly, this is my first rodeo!
You can imagine my delight when we had our first parent-teacher conference. N was home on Monday because of Columbus Day, so we scheduled it for a time we both could go. We got her first report card! She got 8 "Outstanding" marks and 5 "Good" marks. Apparently she's a bit advanced on certain things, like sound recognition, reading, writing numbers 1-20 and scripture memorization.
She is also the kid that will work ahead.
Her teacher reported that she's considerate, listens well and is very polite. One time she had to be reminded to listen and later Zoe went up to her teacher to apologize.
So proud of her. So blessed by her!
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