Jaundice at 6 days old

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  • mom2tocutekids
  on Nov. 12, 2008 at 5:40 AM

• My daughter had it really bad when she was a newborn. They found it when we were in the hosiptal and she was sent home with a biliblanket or watever they are called. It took about a wk or so for it to completly go away. You just need to push the fluids, and sunlight helps! Im sure your baby will be fine.

                

  

  

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  • ostarzx
  on Nov. 12, 2008 at 2:41 PM

• My son is 5 days old and he isn't showing high levels, but I am letting him sleep near the window.  Sunlight (indirect) should help.  Also feeding a lot.  I am breastfeeding, but I was told to supplement just a small amount of formula just to get him to flush out any chance of jaundice.  Its so annoying isn't it?

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  • misty1_sd
  on Nov. 12, 2008 at 4:56 PM

• The smaller of my twins still looks a little yellow to me, but I don't know how much of that is jaundice and how much of it is his itty bitty size. Both my boys eyes look a little foggy in the whites, but my pediatricians aren't concerned. It's pretty normal for them to be jaundices when they are first born, but I don't know how long it typically lasts, 5 days doesn't seem long though seeing as how it can take up to that long for your milk to fully come in. The solutions are as other mommies have said, fluids (breastmilk or formula) and sunlight. If it doesn't reslove then you'd be prescribed a bilirubin blanket.
  

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  • eithensmama
  on Nov. 14, 2008 at 12:31 AM

• update: we went into her DRs yesterday and he came back and told us that he wasn't concern because she was at the peak and it was coming down. he did seem a little irrated with the ER becasur they told us to but her in the light for an hour and he said to do it for 15mins because of a sun burn could happen. She eating really well and sleep through the night already but i set a alarm to feed her.( i don't want to her be starving when she wakes.) 
  

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  • Blakesmom1230
  on Nov. 14, 2008 at 1:44 PM

• My son had jaundice pretty bad when he was born in 2003. We went through it for about a week or so and now my daughter has it just a tad. It is no biggie, I think like 50-60% of babies get it. Just make sure she gets plenty to eat, it will flush it out and you can strip her down and put her in front of a big window or glass door where sunlight comes in and that will help too.

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