Bili Blanket History

History comes back to life. Once again my baby is having jaundice.

Kailie was discharge at jaundice level 8. We were so happy because Yuta's jaundice was high last time. His level was 16 when he was discharged. Breastfeeding was tougher with Yuta as he was my first experience. As Kailie's breastfeeding has gone so well, I did not worry so much of her jaundice.

But her level was getting higher through the weekends. It reached 15. So our peditrician sent us the bili blanket for treatment at home. Other than that, doctor asked me to cut off breastfeeding for 48 hours, and gave formula to Kailie. It was because Kailie's jaundice was breastmilk jaundice (which is caused by some enzyme in the breastmilk)

The home treatment went well, and Kailie was more and more active as she recovered from jaundice.

In the picture there is a blue light behind Kailie's back and big cable coming out from her bottom. That's the bili blanket. Kailie looks like an little baby alien having a tail. :)