{"id":2894,"date":"2017-05-04T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T15:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyschertz.x10host.com\/missionpediatrics\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2017-05-04T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T15:55:48","slug":"fever-in-newborns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/2017\/05\/04\/fever-in-newborns\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever in Newborns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r6jMBTslSx0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What is considered a fever in a newborn?<\/p>\n<p>A newborn is considered less than 6 weeks old.<\/p>\n<p>A fever is when the temperature is over 100.4<\/p>\n<p>How do you tell if your baby has a fever?&nbsp;1<sup>st<\/sup> you have to check it.<\/p>\n<p>Only check their temperature if you have a reason to.&nbsp;And don\u2019t check it everyday.<\/p>\n<p>Check their temperature if they:<\/p>\n<p>Feel too warm<\/p>\n<p>Are fussy<\/p>\n<p>Not sleeping well<\/p>\n<p>Not eating<\/p>\n<p>How should you check their temperature:<\/p>\n<p>You must use a thermometer.<\/p>\n<p>Your child may feel warm but not have a fever.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure the child is not bundled up.<\/p>\n<p>If your child is bundled, unwrap them for a few minutes then recheck it.&nbsp;If your newborn is less than 6 weeks and has a fever, we want to know about it. You should call our clinic or take the child to the ER if they seem sick.<\/p>\n<p>Can a newborn be too cold?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, if their temperature is less than 97 degrees, that can be too low.<\/p>\n<p>Bundle your child and recheck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is considered a fever in a newborn? A newborn is considered less than 6 weeks old. A fever is when the temperature is over 100.4 How do you tell if your baby has a fever?&nbsp;1st you have to check it. Only check their temperature if you have a reason to.&nbsp;And don\u2019t check it everyday. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[57,58,70,64],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionpediatrics.x10.bz\/kidshealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}