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Is there a reason for the baby's head getting heated at night? The room temperature is between 25-26c and she's dressed in a tee and pant. We don't swaddle her anymore. Sometimes the back of the head gets sweaty due to heat and there's hair fall. How can I prevent this from happening?
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Assuming that the child had no other problems and sucks well ..sweating and the head being warmer is normal. Rgds
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Its normal
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Dear parents , New born baby has sweat glands only in scalp. &heat dissipiate only thru head, so every newborn head is warm in comparison to rest of body, sweating occur during feeding &sleeping
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