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When do you think an infant is no longer considered a "newborn"?

beachgirl24beachgirl24 member
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I use the term alot and was just curious...1 month?  2 months?  Random wondering I had... ; )
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Re: When do you think an infant is no longer considered a "newborn"?

  • authorofdreamzauthorofdreamz member
    I think they are considered "newborns" until 3 months.
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  • HBear19HBear19
    I know they are considered "neonates" until 1 month. Perhaps that's the same thing.
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  • mabst196mabst196 member
    A newborn is 28 days or younger.
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  • memali26memali26 member
    Medically, I believe it's 3 months. That is the guideline all of the pediatricians my girls have seen have used when discussing things like fevers, medications, etc.
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  • Hollygirl7Hollygirl7 member
    I don't know the medical definition (although I had heard it was 1 month and younger) but I'll stop calling DD a newborn when she stops tucking her knees when I pick her up. It'll be the last obvious trait that she was in my belly, and I'll be so sad when it happens! 
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  • smilelarismilelari member
    I would think until they reach the end of the "fourth trimester" at 3 months
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  • shihtzu51shihtzu51 member
    I was wondering this same thing when I pulled into the expectant mom/newborn mom parking at buy buy baby today. I decided that 8 weeks was still close enough. 
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  • adri77adri77 member

    imageHollygirl7:
    I don't know the medical definition (although I had heard it was 1 month and younger) but I'll stop calling DD a newborn when she stops tucking her knees when I pick her up. It'll be the last obvious trait that she was in my belly, and I'll be so sad when it happens! 

    OMG, you just made me so sad too!!!!

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