Thread: Orange baby nose

I remember not that long ago somebody posted pictures and their baby's nose was orange. What causes that? I took some photo's yesterday and the baby's nose was orange. Just curious!

Large amounts of beta carotene in baby foods like carrots, sweet potatoes and squash can cause it. It's not harmful and temporary. As the diet changes it disappears.

Not for sure, but to me it seems like it would be caused from eating a lot of orange foods,such as carrots, sweet potatoes , squash, peaches.

I read somewhere that people who eat a bunch of carrots all the time kind of turn a orange color.

What's really strange is that we have a few patients that eat a lot of beta-carotene rich foods and their breast milk has an orange hue. I get women calling me and freaking out when they see it.

When my youngest was a baby, his whole body turned orange. I thought he was jaundiced and hurried him in to his pediatrician. LOL...just as has been said, it was the squash that did it. He loved it. We backed off on it and made sure he got more of the other veggies.

Originally Posted by speedygirl

Large amounts of beta carotene in baby foods like carrots, sweet potatoes and squash can cause it. It's not harmful and temporary. As the diet changes it disappears.

My neice has that also and that is what dr said

The little girl that I keep was like that when she was little and the mother was feeding her baby food. Now that she is a toddler and eats what she wants its cleared up.

Good to know. I asked her mom if she eats a lot of carrots and she said the baby's favorite foods are carrots and sweet potatoes. So, that makes sense.