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Jaundice help

dizzycooksdizzycooks member
edited February 2014 in Stay at Home Moms
So dd is officially mildly jaundice, we are just suppose to watch her and if we feel worried being her in for a blood test again, otherwise it should be near peak and it's relatively low compared to dd1. However, I know she needs to eat (duh) and she is so sleepy I can't wake her for more than a few minutes at a time. My boobs are killing me and she needs to eat. Remind me how you wake a sleepy newborn!!
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Re: Jaundice help

  • rosesandpetalsrosesandpetals member
    I don't know, good luck with that, dd was impossible to get up. But I have heard that keeping a baby in sunlight can help with mild jaundice. So if.you keep the pnp or crib or whatever near a window with the curtains open, it could help. Just wanted to mention it.
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  • Mrs.GregMrs.Greg member
    One of my babies was an extremely sleepy newborn! I'd tickle her between her nose and lip or under her chin (like on the neck) with the corner of a burp cloth while I BF'd. It worked, well, most if the time.
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  • JeffandLeslieJeffandLeslie member
    Wet cloth, diaper change, tickle toes. The sunlight thing helps too. Good thing it is sunny today!
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  • LatteLady5LatteLady5 member
    DS wasn't jaundiced but he didn't want to wake up to eat. Strip her down to a diaper, change her diaper, put cold hands on her, a cool wash cloth on her feet, lotion her skin etc. Anything that is too annoying for her to sleep through.

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  • penguingrrlpenguingrrl member
    Drew was jaundiced too. I would flick his cheek to wake him up to eat. He ended up having to be readmitted to spend 12 hours under the bili lights, but was fine after that! I pushed back and avoided having to bottle or formula feed him through it (they were really trying to push formula as his was "breastmilk jaundice" but I avoided that).
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    i couldn't take it anymore, I got out my pump to give myself some relief and at least tell my body the baby needs the food. As soon as I turned it on, she woke up and ate like a champ. I'm thinking helping the let down process helped her get going. Now I have a small bottle for her, DH is going to be excited :)
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  • magentawarpedmagentawarped member
    I second (third? fourth?) stripping her down. I'll rub a finger under DS's chin to stimulate the swallowing reflex and tickle his ribs to wake him up. If you can, nurse next to a sunny window. You can also have your H mess with her a little...sometimes it helps to enlist a second person.
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    magentawarped said:
    I second (third? fourth?) stripping her down. I'll rub a finger under DS's chin to stimulate the swallowing reflex and tickle his ribs to wake him up. If you can, nurse next to a sunny window. You can also have your H mess with her a little...sometimes it helps to enlist a second person.

    DH is at work, otherwise he is terrific about being extremely irritating until she wakes up, lol.
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    THanks guys, blowing on her and the wet cloth on her neck and feet seems to have perked her up!
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