The child's birth in family is always considered a new stage in life of young parents. Mom and dad seek for providing the baby not only all necessary, but also the best, carefully watch his health, fixing each trifle. However most of inexperienced parents has a set of questions and alarms which are connected with health and life of the kid. What has to be its chair how many and when to feed the baby what body temperature it has to have – all this turns for parents into the most vital problems.
Body temperature at newborns – norm
Body temperature at babies – the most important indicator of state of his health. It directly depends on the majority of factors, both external, and internal – ambient temperatures, humidity of air, a condition of a system of internal thermal control. At kids up to 3 months the self-control of body temperature is not so effective, as at adults. Babies very quickly freeze or, on the contrary, overheat.
The main objective of parents during this period is to create the most comfortable living conditions for the child. But it should be taken into account that at kids up to 3 months not always development of infectious processes is the reason of temperature increase, it can be also very hot air indoors, a large number of the warm clothes put on the child, colic or even long crying.
Normal body temperature at the child fluctuates from 37 to 37.2 degrees Celsius. Of course, these indicators are considered as average are suitable for the kids who were born healthy more. There are cases when even at completely healthy children in the first days of life small fluctuations of temperature up to 39 degrees can be observed. And it will not be considered as symptom of a disease, most often it is connected just with the fact that the organism cannot instantly adapt to life out of mother's womb.
Measurement of body temperature of the newborn
For measurement of body temperature of the child use three main methods: oral (the thermometer under language), rectal (temperature is taken in back pass) and in axillary hollows. Of course, in each case temperature will be different. For axillary hollows the indicator of 36-37.3 degrees, in a rectum – 36.9-37.5 degrees, and in a mouth (under language) – 36.6-37.5 degrees will be norm. It is not so simple to take temperature at the newborn. The complexity of process can be aggravated also with need to know as much as possible exact result as decrease or temperature increase is an important symptom of the developing disease. The most exact and convenient way of measurement of body temperature of the kid it is considered rectal when the thermometer is entered into a rectum.
Low body temperature of the newborn
Low body temperature at the child most often speaks about overcooling or about the general weakness of an organism. But it is worth remembering that during sleep temperature of a human body is lower, than during activity. You should not panic also if the indicator of the thermometer is one degree more than norm in the absence of noticeable changes in behavior or mood of the kid. In case the kid sluggish, does not react to external irritants, refusing at the same time food and constantly cries, it is worth seeing a doctor immediately.