New guidelines have been developed by the national institute for health and clinical Excellence (NICE) to increase accuracy in detection and management of neonatal jaundice and particularly to prevent kernicterus. Jaundice is one of the most common conditions in the newborn that requires care. Around 60% of term babies develop this in the first week of life, and for per – term babies this rate is higher at 80%. In most cases, there is on fundamental problem – early jaundice is often called physiological jaundice and is usually harmless. Of breastfed babies at one month of age .While the mechanism for this breast milk jaundice syndrome’ is unknown, it is generally harmless.