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Apr
Pediatric Normal Temperature. The normal values for blood pressure pulse rate and respiratory rate change as the newborn infant child grows and ages. Your child is 3 years or older. A high temperature is the body s natural response to fighting infections like coughs and colds. A normal temperature for a child may range from 97 degrees fahrenheit f to 100 4 degrees f.
Body temperature may rise a little when a baby is teething. Clean the end of the thermometer with rubbing alcohol or soap and water. Taking a rectal temperature. Several studies have documented that peak temperature tends to be in the afternoon and is highest at about 18 to 24 months of age when many normal healthy children have a temperature of 101 f. For children a normal temperature is actually considered to be around 36 4 c 97 4 f generally a fever is considered a temperature higher than 37 5 c 99 5 f but since what is normal can vary what is actually a fever can be different from person to person. Many parents administer antipyretics even when there is minimal or no fever because they are concerned that the child must maintain a normal temperature.
Your child is younger than age 3 months and has a rectal temperature of 100 4 f 38 c or higher.
Fever however is not the primary illness but is a physiologic mechanism. A normal temperature for a child may range from 97 degrees fahrenheit f to 100 4 degrees f. Clean the end of the thermometer with rubbing alcohol or soap and water. A normal body temperature for infants aged 0 2 years ranges from 97 9 100 4 f when taken rectally. Body temperature may rise a little when a baby is teething. Your child is age 3 to 6 months and has a temperature up to 102 f 38 9 c and seems unusually irritable lethargic or uncomfortable or has a temperature higher than 102 f 38 9 c.