Finding on the thermometer figures that are different from the usual value of "36.6", parents often begin to worry and suspect that their child has the most terrible diseases. Meanwhile, the normal temperature of the body for babies may be different, since the thermoregulation system is not completely formed in them. In this article, we will tell you what body temperature a month-old baby should have, and at what values you can not worry about his health.
What is the normal temperature of a month old baby?
The norm of body temperature in a month old child is from 37.0 to 37.2 degrees. At the same time, the thermoregulation system for infants up to 3 months is not capable of keeping the temperature at the same level, therefore they are very often overheated or supercooled.
Since a tiny organism adapts for a long time to new conditions of life outside the maternal tummy, the body temperature of the newborn baby in some cases reaches 38-39 degrees, but, at the same time, does not indicate the development of the disease or the inflammatory process.
In addition, the temperature value directly depends on the method of its measurement. So, normal indicators for monthly children look as follows:
- with the traditional measurement under the arm, it should be from 36.0 to 37.2 degrees;
- in the mouth - 36,6-37,2 degrees;
- when measured rectally through the anus, 36.9-37.4 degrees.
Of course, with a significant increase in body temperature of crumbs, which does not drop for a long time,
- excessive psychoemotional stress;
- prolonged crying;
- intestinal colic.
In all these situations, the temperature of the baby's body can rise even up to 39 degrees, but after a short time it must return to normal values on its own.