Little Yellow Baby

[mamabutt2]

Sigh, so little Korbin's jaundice level before leaving the hospital Tuesday morning was at 13. Pediatrician wasn't too worried, just recommended setting him in the sunlight and chances are by baby check up today, his levels would be lower. 

They weren't. His jaundice level was at an 18 this morning. Yay. 

So the doctor sent someone out to bring us a light bed and a bili blanket...and he HATES laying in that light bed. He doesn't even like sleeping in his bassinet at night, how am I going to keep my sanity when I have to have him in that bed 16-20 hours a day and he's crying every 10-15 minutes? He's a snuggler and loves his bouncy chair. Would the bili blanket be sufficient so he can sit/nap in his chair? Any tips/tricks anyone? 

[boxerrrmama85]

sorry you are going through this. Charlotte was at the cutoff for needed the lights and blanket-- just thinking about you and hope that his numbers drop quickly!

[elephantsonpatrol]

My boys spent roughly every other day under the light for the first week - once he starts having bowel movements regularly it will go away.

[mommadozer]

Ugh!! My little boy had to deal with the jaundice. Luckily we got out of the hospital without going under the lights. He went up to an 18 about 4 days old then went down to a 16 two days later. Once he went down, we didn't have to do those awful blood tests. Hank would just scream....

Just get your LO to eat as much as you can. That was our problem. The nurses were horrible at trying to get him to latch and they were having me feed him with a syringe. So, he was not getting enough to eat. I finally got fed up and started bottle feeding him my milk and guess what he was doing so much better.

Best of luck!! Hopefully LO's levels go down soon.

[Mom2Ms]

Gosh, that's a bummer. I could have sworn I had a friend who just had the baby in the sunlight as much as possible. I could be wrong though & I'm not a doctor. DD had some jaundice, but it went away really quickly. Good luck.

[calliope]

DS1 had to use the bili-blanket. We wrapped him in it in the rock n play. Idk how big the bouncy seat is, but maybe you can fit both him and the blanker in there?

Good luck. I hate jaundice and all the nasty foot pokes.

[aggiebug]

Feb 13, 2015 18:25:46 GMT -5 mamabutt2 said:

Sigh, so little Korbin's jaundice level before leaving the hospital Tuesday morning was at 13. Pediatrician wasn't too worried, just recommended setting him in the sunlight and chances are by baby check up today, his levels would be lower. 

They weren't. His jaundice level was at an 18 this morning. Yay. 

So the doctor sent someone out to bring us a light bed and a bili blanket...and he HATES laying in that light bed. He doesn't even like sleeping in his bassinet at night, how am I going to keep my sanity when I have to have him in that bed 16-20 hours a day and he's crying every 10-15 minutes? He's a snuggler and loves his bouncy chair. Would the bili blanket be sufficient so he can sit/nap in his chair? Any tips/tricks anyone? 

So many hugs momma. We had to go to the hospital for jaundice treatment and it was absolutely heart wrenching to watch LO in the bassinet naked except a diaper crying her little heart out. I was an emotional mess. So it's OK to cry your eyes out along with your baby. It only took us 12 hrs and a lot of force feeding to get her out from under the lights.

My dd's numbers were pretty similar to your LO's and our pedi didn't want just the blanket saying it would probably not be quick enough to help with the symptoms we were seeing (total lethargy and decreased appetite) do they have you on a strict feeding regimen? Are your BF? We had to supplement because beyond the lights they have to poop put the bilirubin so forcing food into them is a big way of getting the jaundice under control.

And DD cried so much in that bassinet she wore her self out to the point it was almost impossible to wake her the next morning to eat.

[krispy83]

Feb 13, 2015 23:39:26 GMT -5 Mom2Ms said:

Gosh, that's a bummer. I could have sworn I had a friend who just had the baby in the sunlight as much as possible. I could be wrong though & I'm not a doctor. DD had some jaundice, but it went away really quickly. Good luck.

DS had mild jaundice and this was what his pedi told us to do.  We had to lay him in the sunlight in a diaper a bunch during the first several days.  Once my milk came in and he started having regular bowel movements it cleared up pretty quickly.  But again, his was fairly mild.  Good luck, I hope it clears up quickly!  It's so miserable when they're so unhappy

[mamabutt2]

Feb 14, 2015 0:28:01 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Feb 13, 2015 18:25:46 GMT -5 mamabutt2 said:

Sigh, so little Korbin's jaundice level before leaving the hospital Tuesday morning was at 13. Pediatrician wasn't too worried, just recommended setting him in the sunlight and chances are by baby check up today, his levels would be lower. 

They weren't. His jaundice level was at an 18 this morning. Yay. 

So the doctor sent someone out to bring us a light bed and a bili blanket...and he HATES laying in that light bed. He doesn't even like sleeping in his bassinet at night, how am I going to keep my sanity when I have to have him in that bed 16-20 hours a day and he's crying every 10-15 minutes? He's a snuggler and loves his bouncy chair. Would the bili blanket be sufficient so he can sit/nap in his chair? Any tips/tricks anyone? 

So many hugs momma. We had to go to the hospital for jaundice treatment and it was absolutely heart wrenching to watch LO in the bassinet naked except a diaper crying her little heart out. I was an emotional mess. So it's OK to cry your eyes out along with your baby. It only took us 12 hrs and a lot of force feeding to get her out from under the lights.

My dd's numbers were pretty similar to your LO's and our pedi didn't want just the blanket saying it would probably not be quick enough to help with the symptoms we were seeing (total lethargy and decreased appetite) do they have you on a strict feeding regimen? Are your BF? We had to supplement because beyond the lights they have to poop put the bilirubin so forcing food into them is a big way of getting the jaundice under control.

And DD cried so much in that bassinet she wore her self out to the point it was almost impossible to wake her the next morning to eat.

I am breastfeeding, but until my milk came in, he would want to eat every 30 minutes to an hour at night so I don't think he was getting enough. Super stressful. We supplemented with formula until my milk came in a couple days ago. Now I'm pumping and feeding so I can make sure he's getting enough. He poops like every diaper change it seems like so hopefully he's getting it out of his system. His pediatrician said he wasn't too worried about it so I'm trying not to be either. I just wanna cuddle my baby! Lol

[mamabutt2]

Feb 14, 2015 1:08:02 GMT -5 krispy83 said:

Feb 13, 2015 23:39:26 GMT -5 Mom2Ms said:

Gosh, that's a bummer. I could have sworn I had a friend who just had the baby in the sunlight as much as possible. I could be wrong though & I'm not a doctor. DD had some jaundice, but it went away really quickly. Good luck.

DS had mild jaundice and this was what his pedi told us to do.  We had to lay him in the sunlight in a diaper a bunch during the first several days.  Once my milk came in and he started having regular bowel movements it cleared up pretty quickly.  But again, his was fairly mild.  Good luck, I hope it clears up quickly!  It's so miserable when they're so unhappy

Before we left the hospital his doctor told me to set him in the sun like that. Naturally that day was total crap weather so we only had one good day of sun. And to add to it, my house's windows only let direct light in for 2-3 hours a day. Can't win! Haha