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When to worry about the baby body as the temperature measured near the arm pit shows 99.1... Please suggest me how correctly we can measure the baby body temperature.
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Hi, Measure temperature in armpit of baby..kept thermometer for 2mins...then read the reading. If temp is more than 99.4F then it's fever..
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