Call your baby’s health care provider when your baby has any of the following:
• Temperature under 97.5 ºF (36.4 ºC) or above 100.4 ºF (38 ºC)
• Forceful or repeated vomiting
• Extreme sleepiness or difficulty waking
• Refusal to eat for two feedings in a row, eating poorly or less than 8 feedings every 24 hours
• Less than 6 wet diapers a day
• No stool for 48 hours
• An unusual or high-pitched cry
• Continuous crying for no apparent reason
• Signs of dehydration
o Dry skin, or cracked lips
o Dry or rough tongue
o Increased sleepiness or irritability
o Soft spot on baby’s head is sunken
• Skin color or the whites of the eye change to yellow
• Umbilical cord or circumcision site red, foul-smelling, bleeding or has pus
• An uncommon or severe rash
• Bloody vomit or stool
• Excessive bowel movements with excess fluid or mucous