Hello, Darillyn.
       You ask if anyone recommends "sunshine treatment" for jaundice.  I
have done this for years.  My second child is 21 years old.  When she left the
hospital at 3 days old, she was very yellow--almost orange--even though my milk
had come in at 24 hours and she nursed well.  This was back in the days when
babies weren't seen by the pediatrician after release from hospital until they
were 6 weeks old.  (Now I shudder at how many awful outcomes there could have
been from such a policy!)  Anyway, my OB suggested I strip her to the diaper
and lay her in a sunny patch on the floor (she was born in June--summer here)
now and then over the next few days.  That took care of the jaundice, so I have
recommended it frequently.  The one change I have made is that I now
recommend that parents lay the baby in a sunny room, but not right in a sunny patch on
the floor.  I don't know how true it is, but someone once told me that since
babies' temperature control aren't as good as adults yet, there is risk that a
baby laying right in direct sunlight might overheat.  So I tell parents to
pick a bright room, but don't lay baby directly in a patch of sun.
       Dee

Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC
Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA

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