Bittersweet preschool acceptance

I had the meeting with preschool today and Carly was accepted! She was eligible in two areas, gross motor and adaptive skills. She tested VERY low with gross motor. As far as speech and cognitive skills go she did very well, testing slightly low to right at average for her age.

Here are her gross motor scores with age equivalence which leaves her in the 5th percentile for her age.

Reflexes- no score 

Stationary- 28 months 

Locomotion- 17 months

Object manipulation- 23 months

Here are her fine motor scores leaving her in the the 21st percentile for her age.

Grasping- 20 months

Visual/motor integration- 20 months

Here are her scores for adaptive behavior on a scale of 1-30 with the average range being 13-17.

Personal- 9, low adaptive level

Domestic- 12, moderately low adaptive level

Community- 11, moderately low adaptive level

She will be going to the AM class, from 9:50-12:20 tuesday through friday. Her teacher is Ms. Piano. (good name for us don't you think?) Starting out I will be bringing her to school in the morning, which I secretly I'm using for motivation to go to the gym, and she will be taking the bus home. Put your thoughts at ease, she will be in a car seat on the bus. And please, no short bus jokes. She will start March 22nd which is now coming WAY too quickly. Carly is very excited to go to preschool. I know she doesn't really understand what preschool is but I think she hears "school" and wants to be like Cayson. It will be nice to spend some time with Burke by myself but it will be strange not having Carly around. I know this will be a great thing for her but it's just a step closer to her growing up. It was very bittersweet to hear she was accepted and its been somewhat of an emotional day for me. These are all exciting milestones that she is reaching so I am very proud of my big baby girl.

Stay tuned for a very emotional first day of school!