Julie, That's likely uric acid crystals from concentrated urine, and is a completely normal finding in the first few days of life. Sad that the pediatrician does not know this. Check out the archives, perhaps someone has posted references you can share with him. You could also search pubmed/medline and scholar.google.com for references. Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC NYC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html