Cathy says:

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

 
 
In our last cram course we had a student nurse and asked her what she was  
being taught in nursing school about these crystals as so many nurses seem to  
think as this peds did -- that the baby is dehydrated and in need of  
supplementation.  Thankfully this young student nurse said that she had  been taught 
that it was a normal finding in the first few days and not to worry  about it.

 
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