Comments on: So, how old is he?

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:14:01 +0000

When strangers ask me how old Tasha is, I often use a different number. I call it “corrected age for weight”. I take her current weight, and figure out what age she would be if she were at the 50th percentile. Right now, that would put her at around 9 weeks, as opposed to 5 months 9 days corrected, or 8 months 16 days from her date of birth. Then people marvel at how bright an alert she is compared with other 9 week old babies. It may be deceiving, but who cares, it’s fun. ;^)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:33:46 +0000

I’ve been through the same experience, my twin boys born at the same gestational age as ur Austin,Hadi was 710 grams and Monis 881 grams. Till their 2nd birthday I had the same confusion but same as u I use to tell their corrected age, but to tell u the truth, after 2nd birthday u will see a big difference in ur son and u’ll no longer required to even think about his corrected age, yes, it’s true. You’ll feel like a magic and he’ll be comparable to his cousin, i dont know how but that’s true, it’s my experience. My boys r now 3.8yrs and no one can imagine how tiny they were born.

By: Amanda Myer

Amanda Myer — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:22:00 +0000

Brad, this is well written. I go through the same inner conversation with myself every time I am asked my son’s age.
Some days I give his chronological age and am prepared to tell our story and explain why my son seems small and other days, it’s just easier to give his corrected age.
Like you said, people don’t have any idea what we as preemie parents, and our children have been through. It’s hard sometimes to talk about, but at the same time, when I do talk about it, I feel such pride as I look at my beautiful boy and see how far he has come.