newborn's eye weeping, now greenish discharge!

[ReshapeWhileDamp]

It's been weeping since he was born a week ago and have been following MW's advice re. cooled boiled water (though it was water from tap a couple of times ) and squirts of breastmilk. But the last few days have seen it get worse, with yellow and now greeny-yellow discharge. Pus, I presume. He isn't bothered by it and isn't scrubbing at his eyes, though he does sometimes rub it (and presumably that isn't great for an infection).

MW has advised us to contact out-of-hours GP and we're just waiting for them to call back. Any experience with this going all pus-y, or with using antibiotic drops on such a tiny baby?

[dikkertjedap]

I would call out of hours service - we were told with dd that in a newborn it needs to be clearly monitored as there is a small risk of permanent eye damage.

[Lulumaam]

keep using the breast milk but deffo sounds infected and i think abx drops are the way to go and use cooled boiled water on a clean piece of cotton to clean. a seperate piece for each eye and wipe from the inner corner outwards, and wash your hands after doing so or giving drops

[ReshapeWhileDamp]

Done, and done! Thanks for responding. The greeny-yellow stuff comes and goes but is yukky, and I'd read that it can be potentially harmful at this stage. Have just put first lot of drops in.

[PenguinFeet1]

Johnsons baby shampoo mixed with same quanity of water. Dab it on with cotton wool. Always worked in my experience.

[enimod]

green means infected-my son had this-he needs a cream from the doctors. my sons eye duct was actually blocked-so it could be that.