Hi Tammie, if a baby is absolutely unrousable, this is a sign that the
physician involved needs to be called. This can be a sign of sepsis, or
beta strep infection, which can be *very* dangerous.
Kathleen
At 06:57 PM 9/14/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Her baby was so sleepy that he would not rouse to breastfeed. I
>suggested taking off his sleeper and socks. I also suggested a diaper change.
>I thought of asking her to bathe him to rouse him but I did not do that.
>Nothing worked to get him awake. What do you ladies do with these sleepy
>babies? From looking at the babies mouth I did not think he had an issue with
>his frenulum.
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