Um anyone watching ER? That's the oldest 3m old i've ever seen!

[anewvance]

We have tivo so I listened to it again and they said the baby is a 3 month old. Well that's the oldest 3 month old i've ever seen.. yikes.

 

[laurie31]

Yes, more like a 7-8 month old! It was also very strange why they intubated the baby. That was weird. Usually ER is a bit better about realism.

I did see holes in her story about the carjackers from the beginning. I wonder if the baby will come back in more seriously injured.

Laurie

 

[malibuconlee]

Of course the "three month old" is huge. Otherwise it would make those huge "newborns" look out of place.

Not to hijack, but can anyone tell me why Carrie is back in the ER as a doc? And she was acting weird about the baby. Did something happen to her son?

 

[laurie31]

I was wondering that too...but then she made Jerry go out and buy a gift for him to take to a birthday party he's invited to, so I guess not.

I also wondered what made her resurface in the ER doing hands-on care and not management.

Laurie

 

[bigmerle1966]

Yeah that baby was just a little bigger than the one on Lost and that baby is only supposed to be a couple weeks old. They grow those babies BIG in Hollywood.

 

[ASFCurly]

not sure, but I think that babies have to be a certain number of weeks or so before they can be on tv, movies, which would account for why most look older than they are.

 

[laurie31]

Yes, this is true. I don't know how old babies have to be to become actors, but I guess 12 weeks is a bit young

It was also kind of strange hearing the baby's cries on the soundtrack when the baby we were seeing was obviously not crying. (Not that I'd want them to do anything to a real baby to make it cry!!)

Laurie

 

[bigmerle1966]

I have seen babies a lot smaller than those two. I am not sure of the age but I know they use twins a lot so that they can have more screen time.

 

[va32h]

The younger a child, the fewer hours it can be on set. TV shows like to use preemies or multiples - because they look smaller, even though they are chronologically old enough to be on the set longer.

And of course the multiples can be traded out as well, allowing for longer shooting.

 

[BuzznBelle'smom]

Babies are required to be 3 weeks old to be on camera. I've read that the producers hit up hospitals and put ads in the papers, trying to get premies that will be smaller and hit the three week limit, to look like newborns. I don't know why they would have to go with a larger "3 month old", though--it's not like a toddler, where there might be a line or a cue or something.

 

[MScott1851]

My question is, how can a hospital as big as County not have a COVERED ambulance ramp!?!?! Even the podunk hospital I started at has a canopy!