Slight grey tinge around baby’s top lip?

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Like a five o’clock shadow.
Worse after feeding and when he’s windy.

I’m going to call the GP tomorrow and get an appointment but wondered if anyone else had experience of this?

He’s fine in himself, lots of dirty and wet nappies, feeding well, content.

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Take off his clothes and check his breathing. In a baby who is struggling to breath you will see their abdominal muscles going in and out. You can see videos on YouTube. If this is the case then you need to go to A and E.

I've checked that, no sucking in under the rib cage. I showed the midwife and she said it was wind? But I don't really understand how wind can make the skin colour change

It's true- grey tinge is often a sign of wind

Yeah mine got that when windy, couple of burps sorts it right out. I am guessing it is an oxygen circulation thing from clenching preburp! If at all relevant I had gigantic greedy babies

I do second PP that you should keep a good eye on breathing and any blueness should be fleeting or get investigated just to be sure.

Bizarrely mine both used to do this when windy, when they'd burped they pinked back up again.
However, it goes without saying to seek actual medical advice, check for rashes, normal breathing, temp etc don't take anecdotal advice off random internet people...

Wind !

Hmm okay, I will keep a close eye on it. It seemed to start when we started combo feeding and he got windier, which lined up with what the midwife said but I'd never heard of it before and seeing it there really bothers me. I think I will definitely go to the GP tomorrow and get them to check his chest/breathing etc and show them pictures of it.

Yep mine always got a bluey grey tinge when newborn and struggling with wind!

@randominternetperson of course, I would never rely on a diagnosis from online. I was just curious as to whether the 'wind' thing was well known, I intend to get him checked out

I remember mine having this but you are absolutely right to ask a professional.

those who had it with wind, did it happen frequently or only occasionally? He does have louder breathing sometimes after feeding, but midwife has witnessed this and said it's normal periodic breathing as it's short lived and settles.
I will mention all this to GP though and I'm going to keep tabs on his breathing and colour and go to a&e immediately if anything doesn't seem right

My 3 week old gets this too - another vote for wind!

Wind IMO. My DS gets it after any feed if I don't burp

It's wind, OP. The midwife has already told you this. You don't need a GP.

I'm looking for any articles online that say wind has this effect but can;t find anything, so maybe it's just anecdotal. I've messaged pics to my midwife again to ask if I need to get it checked out tonight, she's very good at replying.

Mine had it a lot, usually towards end of feed although eldest did struggle to latch properly to begin with so would need extra burp sessions throughout, pink up then back to feeding - that switched to just end of feed once latch sorted out.

My baby had a blue tint for months as she never winded very well, when she started sitting it faded away

@boyo7 I don't want to waste the GPs time, but it's this combined with the sometimes noisy breathing that's bothering me. I will explain what the midwife has said when I call them, and then they can see if they think it's worth me coming in.

Grey blue tinge is wind but if you are in doubt get it checked. Mother knows best

Op Google "blue around mouth baby wind" and lots comes up. I agree it seems weird but it's definitely a thing.

I think I'm worried because people are saying their babies 'pinked up' after burping, and although it gets less pronounced, I can still see it a bit. Although DH says he can't see it so I don't know if I'm obsessing! He's very fair, so anything like that is going to be more noticeable - ie his veins and things are very obvious because his skin is so light.

thanks for replies. Sorry if I sound a bit mad! I'm admittedly, very PFB at the moment

You don't sound mad, you're just doing your job

ah thanks @justalittlehistory I didn't expect to be this neurotic!