Here is what I know of jaundice and asian children. I was learning about jaundice and the breastfed baby about 5 years ago and read that if your baby has any asian blood then the bilirubin levels could naturally be higher. About this time my sister (caucasian-swiss,german, irish, english descent) married to a guy with a Japanese mother and American (caucasian) father, had their first child. Her bilirubin level was 23 at 5,6,or 7 days old, when she went in for her first checkup, the doctor did not prescribe lights or formula, just recommended continued breastfeeding and to come in the following day to check levels again. The next day it was at 21. I am not sure if she needed to go in the next day or not, probably, but the doctor was not overly concerned because the baby was nursing well and otherwise appeared very healthy (lots of wet and poopy diapers,nursing well,and alert). I was impressed that her doctor did not get overly aggressive. He practices in Orlando, Florida. Of course, if the situation looked worse, I am sure this doctor would have been more concerned. Cheryl Marian, CLC, CLE *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html