Our EI programs in CT are from Birth to Three. Some children automatically qualify if they are in high risk for being delayed even if they are not delayed yet, so that they can catch it early. Believe me, our system sounds better than it is. We fought the Birth To Three dept in our state for quite a while until they got out there and did for Dylan what they should have so you could say we are somewhat experts at this now. Everyone in the State of CT EI dept knows us pretty well at this point. I don’t know if that is good or bad, but we will get what we need for Carter without much of a fight this time. That whole story could take too long, but I will post it sometime for other parents having that fight.
I think we did the test on Carter adjusted and not adjusted and he still failed. I think he should be responding to sound and focusing on our faces and he is not doing either. It could be that he is still really immature from being preemie, or that he is still recovering from what he just went through, or he could have real issues, but either way because he is so high risk for delays, they will come now until we are sure he will catch up fine.
Sorry I’ve hyjacked this post about Sarah. Again, I am so glad it went well and hope that you are still reaction free!
Ann Marie
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