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Baby face head feels hot, temperture les
Today morning my mother got fever and chills . Temperature is 100.8 . My baby three months old im feeling his face and head specially warm from afternoon. I dont hv fever. But me me thermometer when i check in afternoon baby temperature showed 96.4. evening it is 97.4. is it normal??
Different thermometer used for my mother and baby
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Fever not measured by touching.
Baby is warmer then us.
Relay on thermometer
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Only rely on temperature taken by thermometer for your baby. Skin can be hot to touch /cold to touch
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Dr. Avantika Dhanawat
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4 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Yes head can be warmer than body. It's normal
Try to measure temperature every 4 hours
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