I have a son who is 5 days old, I delivered recently. It was a normal delivery. Iam giveing him breast milk. Today morning my mother noticed that the eyes of my baby is yellow, i was totally shocked. How come the baby gets jaundice at sucha young age. Is this anything to worry. I really upset about it. Is there any danget to my baby, will it be cured. How many days it will take to clear this ?
Newborn babies having jaundice is common, even my baby had it from 3rd day onwards, the doctors told me not to worry, it is something called physiological jaundice, baby will come out of it will phototherapy, but my baby did not have a lot of yellowness, so I was asked to keep baby in morning sun daily, with that itself, the jaundice went away slowly in two weeks time and has never come back. Now my son is three years old. Don't worry consult your pediatrician in case of concerns.