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Anything before 37 weeks a preemie? (36weeker)

drea_rayedrea_raye
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Just curious... since J was born at 36w1d, and as a result we had to follow "late preterm protocol" and they were more concerned about jaundice, etc... I don't want to step on toes here Big Smile but kinda wonder about delays and so on.

So should I be using adjusted age? And what should I be expecting to differ if anything?

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Re: Anything before 37 weeks a preemie? (36weeker)

  • lemen99lemen99 member

    I think that early on his life, you may adjust for milestones. You might see him doing things a month or so later than other term kids, but there's a big range of normal so he could also fall within the normal range, you never know!

     I would think he would catch up to his actual age after a fairly short period of time, but I'm not sure exactly what is typical.  

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    DS was born a few days later at 36w4d. Like with any child, there is a wide range of milestones. He was on the later range for walking independently (16.5 months), but early for climbing the stairs. 
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  • hjohnhjohn

    My boy was born at 36 weeks 3 days.  He had jaundice and feeding issues and stayed in the NICU for about a week.  So far the only things I've noticed as far as a delay is smiling- he just started actively smiling (socially, not while sleeping) in the past couple weeks.  I don't know how much of a delay that is really since every baby is different, but I know a lot of other babies that start socially smiling around 5-6 weeks.  

    I've heard different things from docs and experienced preemie moms on the adjusted vs. actual age for late pretermers, so I think it just depends.   

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  • drea_rayedrea_raye

    Thanks! Doctor yesterday said that we don't need to use an adjusted age... we are still waiting on the social smile... but I think we are getting close.

    I think we will see how it all goes!

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  • alynnr10alynnr10
    my daughter was born around 36 weeks i cant remember if it was 35 weeks and 6 days or 36 weeks exactly but she hasnt had any problems. the only lil thing she had was jaundice and a temp problem but they both went away before she came home. shes 2 in a half now and just talks so well and is very independent, it makes me happy to see how smart she is but i am sad that she acts like she was older than she really is.
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  • IncogNeatoIncogNeato member

    I use adjusted age mostly just because I don't want to stress over milestones. If I don't even look for them until she's "ready" by adjusted age, then I get to be pleasantly surprised. Also, many of the sleep books say to use adjusted age which came in very handy when he sleeping/crankiness was AWFUL at 9 weeks (6 weeks adjusted) when everyone said it should be getting better.

    Also, my LO was LBW so I spend a lot of time explaining that she was early because people thing she's a newborn or just a few weeks old even though she's really almost 4 months. She's barely 10 pounds right now and 21 inches long so she's a peanut.

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