careaboutkids

Parents: pre-term babies: Later in children's lives there may be no obvious differences between pre-term and full-term babies, but in the first year of life, one month can make a difference in how babies look and act. For example, pre-term babies' visual responsiveness may be more sluggish and their heads more floppy because their muscles are not as developed. In time, the pre-term babies' muscles mature, but, if parents compare them, with development of full-term babies born around the same time, they may become unnecessarily worried and frustrated.MY WORD: Even full-term babies can have different parts of their body mature at a later time than other babies. Not a problem.