How Old Is Your Baby?

For most people this is a relatively simple question.  For preemie parents, like almost everything,  it's anything but. You see, my daughter actually has two ages.  There is her actual or chronological age and her corrected age.

Chronological age is just what it sounds like. This is how old the baby is counting from when she was born. Corrected age is how old she would be if she had been born on her due date. This means that Avigayil is currently both 5 months old and 3 months old.

There are a few things measured by chronological age, such as immunization,  but most things are done by her corrected age, such as developmental milestones.  This means that if a baby will usually achieve a certain thing by 6 months,  Avigayil should do it at 8 months chronologically.

This is just another one of the things in life that are different now.