When to call

Call 911 now when you  newborn has the following signs

• Can’t  wake up
• Not moving or very weak
• Bluish or gray lips, tongue or  face
• New grunting noise with each breath
• You think your child has a life threatening emergency

Go to the ER now when your newborn has the following 

• Decreased movement
•  Vomiting green ( bile)
• Change in muscle tone ( Decreased or floppy )
• Cant suck for a long time or weak sucking
• Change in cry such as weak or strange cry

Call your doctor now when your newborn is experiencing these symptoms 

• Sweating during feeding
• Sleeping more than normal
• Changes in color such as pale, bluish or grey arms and legs
• Changes in feeding such having to wake the baby up for feeding or cant finish feeding
• Any symptoms of illness  such as coughing , diarrhea or vomiting
• Low temperature below 96.8° F (36.0° C) rectally that does not go up with warming
• Age less than 12 weeks old with fever. Caution: do NOT give your baby any fever medicine before being seen.
• You think your child needs to be seen by the doctor

Contact your doctor within 24 hours when your newborn has the following symptoms

• Color of urine is pink, orange or peach
• You think your child needs to be seen  but the problem is not urgent because the child does not have any of the urgent symptoms mentioned above
• You have questions or concerns

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