When to call the baby’s Healthcare Provider

If you think your baby “isn’t acting quite right” or “isn’t his/her usual self” chances are you are correct. Call the baby’s healthcare provider and report what you are seeing.

• Breathing problems such as working hard to breathe, noisy breathing or fast breathing.
• Fever over 100° F (37.8° C), or temperature below 97.6° F (36.4° C). Underarm or axillary temperatures should be done on baby until one month old.
• Increasing jaundice, the yellow/orange color to the skin.
• Bluish color of the lips, or around the mouth, at any time, like during feedings or while asleep.
• Change in behavior – very irritable, excessive crying, fussy, or drowsy and unresponsive.
• Poor appetite – refuses two or more feedings.
• Vomiting and any other feeding problems.
• Less than six wet diapers in 24 hours, after baby’s third day.
• Less than three stools (dirty diapers) in 24 hours, after baby’s third day.
• Active bleeding from the umbilical cord or circumcision.
• Any signs of infection such as redness, increasing swelling, or discharge from the eyes, umbilical cord, or circumcision.