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"Sue" wrote in message ...
AlenasMom wrote in message Update: She made it to 7 before 6:30 am. But what does one do when the diaper count is low? Do you call the pediatrician? Or go to the hospital? Nothing. Keep an eye on it and keep feeding the baby. Watch for sunken fontanels and no tears when she is crying as for signs of dehydration. Are you using disposable diapers or cloth diapers? Disposable diapers are really good at keeping the wetness away so sometimes it is hard to tell if it is actually wet or not. Keep an eye on your daughter's behavior. Does she seem extremely sleepy? Any change in her behavior at all? I personally would just keep an eye out for dehydration. I agree that it sounds like Alena is fine. However sunken fontanel and lack of tears are both *really* late signs of dehydration (iirc, babies lose 15-20% of their body weight before those happen). In our pediatrics rotations amount of pee was definitely emphasized as the most important thing to follow hydration status. The other physical findings are all either unreliable or indicators of severe dehydration. Nonetheless, what's more important than number of wet diapers is the whole picture of the kid. If fluid's going in the only way to get dehydrated is that more fluid's coming out -- pee, diarrhea, sweat, or breathing (ie fast breathing with a fever). If the baby looks fine, is eating, isn't acting sick, and doesn't seem to be losing fluid by any weird mechanism, I'm having a hard time thinking of a reason why the kid wouldn't be fine. If it seems really weird than call the pediatrician, otherwise just watch the diapers and the kid's behavior and expect things to normalize soon. Kate and the Bug, June 8 2003 |
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Odd question...
"Akuvikate" wrote in message om... "Sue" wrote in message ... AlenasMom wrote in message Update: She made it to 7 before 6:30 am. But what does one do when the diaper count is low? Do you call the pediatrician? Or go to the hospital? Nothing. Keep an eye on it and keep feeding the baby. Watch for sunken fontanels and no tears when she is crying as for signs of dehydration. Are you using disposable diapers or cloth diapers? Disposable diapers are really good at keeping the wetness away so sometimes it is hard to tell if it is actually wet or not. Keep an eye on your daughter's behavior. Does she seem extremely sleepy? Any change in her behavior at all? I personally would just keep an eye out for dehydration. I agree that it sounds like Alena is fine. However sunken fontanel and lack of tears are both *really* late signs of dehydration (iirc, babies lose 15-20% of their body weight before those happen). In our pediatrics rotations amount of pee was definitely emphasized as the most important thing to follow hydration status. The other physical findings are all either unreliable or indicators of severe dehydration. Nonetheless, what's more important than number of wet diapers is the whole picture of the kid. If fluid's going in the only way to get dehydrated is that more fluid's coming out -- pee, diarrhea, sweat, or breathing (ie fast breathing with a fever). If the baby looks fine, is eating, isn't acting sick, and doesn't seem to be losing fluid by any weird mechanism, I'm having a hard time thinking of a reason why the kid wouldn't be fine. If it seems really weird than call the pediatrician, otherwise just watch the diapers and the kid's behavior and expect things to normalize soon. Kate and the Bug, June 8 2003 Thanks! She seems great, if a little more hungry today! She's already up to 6 diapers today and it's only 7:41pm. (I count from 6:30am until 6:30am) So she was probably just reaching the end or begining of yet another growth spurt. |
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AlenasMom writes:
: What do you do if your baby doesn't have 6 wet diapers in a day? Alena's at : 4 and it's 10:30pm... Should I be worried? Having read your update too... First, you know you should be counting for the 24 hour day. I think you know that (at least now). Now, what to do if the count is low... First day, try to nurse more to get the count back up. This is the same advice as if you have a low count the second day, but no secondary indications of dehydration. This is a case where co-sleeping and increased night nursing can make a substantial difference. If there are mild indications of dehydration, (slightly sunken fontenella, eyes, but no legarthy) do a nursign holiday. Go to bed with your baby for all day and nurse as much as possible. If it get any worse or persists any longer than that, then you will probably have to supplement with either EBM or formula. You will probably want your doctor's advice if you get this far. Good luck, Larry |
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Sara wrote: Hijacking the thread -- I never counted the diapers Ollie went through as a newborn, and I still don't know what officially is a "wet" (as opposed to, say, "damp") diaper. Am I a Bad Mom? No -- I never counted either. I was never worried that DS wasn't eating enough, nor did I ever think my supply was low. Without a reason to suspect a problem, why would you bother to count nappies? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Jeez; if only those Ancient Greek storytellers had known about the astonishing creature that is the *Usenet hydra*: you cut off one head, and *a stupider one* grows back..." -- MJ, cam.misc |
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Odd question...
"Chookie" wrote in message ... In article , Sara wrote: Hijacking the thread -- I never counted the diapers Ollie went through as a newborn, and I still don't know what officially is a "wet" (as opposed to, say, "damp") diaper. Am I a Bad Mom? No -- I never counted either. I was never worried that DS wasn't eating enough, nor did I ever think my supply was low. Without a reason to suspect a problem, why would you bother to count nappies? i never counted, just made sure that most nappy change was a wet one, which it pretty much was. surely that would add up to the "count", probably more as it felt like i was changing DS every 5 mins at the beginning! -- elizabeth (in australia) DS - born 20-aug-02 |
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