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T - they try not to give dates so that we dont get our hopes up of course, more like goals... I'm actually gonna ask what his goals are tomorrow hopefully we'll be able to talk to a doc while we're there.
Forgive me if i've said this before, it all runs together after a while...From what i understand his goals are
-breathing on his own (though i have heard of babies going home on 02)
-maintaining body temp, the next step to this will be moving to an open crib... im going to ask about this tomorrow
- taking feeds by bottle - like i said i HOPE he'll start working on this next week.
- 5lbs is the estimated weight for when he'll be able to do all of the above... like, thats usually what the babies happen to be when they can do those things so thats the target weight they give you
I've heard he could come home anywhere between about 35 and on, even beyond 40 weeks if he's not ready at that point. I'm not sure how long they observe him once he starts all that stuff - IE, i dont know if he has to be in the open crib and bottle feeding for two weeks before he can leave, or a month, or if it all depends... does that make sense?
Last edited by Sam914; March 2nd, 2010 at 06:50 PM.
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