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The Newborn: What is Normal?
The birth of a baby is synonymous with joy but also nervous at the thought if we can properly address. This is why we must know what is normal and what is not in a newborn, to come quickly to our paediatrician, if necessary, and not to go emergency when it arises.
In here we present what is normal in a newborn, which usually far from the image that we have made watching movie.
Colour: The normal colour of a newborn varies from pink to purple. Often the baby has a physiological jaundice (yellowing of skin and mucous) from the second day of life due to their immaturity to convert haemoglobin to bilirubin and eliminate it. Generally, this yellow tapers in the following days.