The girls are 4 months old corrected today. This morning we got them fed, dressed and headed to North York for their NICU 4 month corrected follow up appointment.

The girls were each examined by an occupational therapist, a nurse and a doctor (Dr. Doctor was her name!). They had lots of questions for us about their eating/sleeping habits and their overall health. They were both weighed and measured and they are both on track. The scale wasn't as accurate as the one in the doctor's office so I'm not going to add to the growth chart - I'll wait for their pediatrician appt in a couple of weeks.

After they had been examined, we stripped them down to their diapers and put them on a big mat with different toys. One by one the therapist scored their development. She looked for things like the ability to grasp objects with both hands and how they did with tummy time. Emma showed off and rolled over - the therapist was pretty excited!

They were all extremely pleased with their progress - they are doing everything that a four month old should be doing. They were particularly impressed with how they both love tummy time. There was no crying and they both were smiling and cooing at everyone.

Emma is way too young to be standing (and here I was worried about Leah!). For any of you that have held her, you know that she is very sturdy and keeps her body very rigid. She has what they call high muscle tone and while there isn't any reason to be concerned, they have told us to not use any toys that encourage standing. Yes - that includes the Jumperoo. We were pretty disappointed since she loves it so much but if she continues to stiffen her body she will have problems when it comes to sitting, crawling etc.

Leah has the opposite problem - she has low muscle tone. Again for anyone that has held Leah, you know that she is much floppier than her sister. Again it is nothing to be concerned with but again they have told us no Jumperoo. They want her body to strengthen equally - not just her lower half. They are still not 100% happy with Leah's feet so we have to start doing her exercises again.

So the Jumperoo has to go. The aggravating part is that we threw the box out just the other day so now we can't return it. It was also something the girls really enjoyed which was fun for everyone. We are finding they need to be entertained more and more these days and every little thing helps!

We have 4 more follow up appointments - at 8, 12, 18 and 24 months corrected. Although it wasn't fun having premature babies it is very reassuring to have their progress monitored so closely - especially since I thought Leah's legs were the concern!