Take Temperature Under Arm Baby

If you don t get a snug fit the reading you get will probably be too low.

Take temperature under arm baby.

Hold your arm down tightly at your side. Swipe the thermometer from one temple to the other and behind the ear until it beeps. To take a temporal temperature push down on the button to turn it on. Remove the thermometer when it signals that it s done and read the number.

Put the end with the colored or silver tip under your arm. To take your child s temperature. If your baby protests you might want to take her underarm axillary temperature first. Make sure the thermometer is touching skin and not clothes.

Hold the baby s arm tightly in place so he cannot move it. Most digital thermometers emit a beep when finished taking the temperature reading. This measurement also known as axillary temperature tends to be about half a degree to a degree below oral temperature 1. Squeeze your arm against your body to hold the thermometer in place.

The baby s skin should completely surround the thermometer. If that reading is over 99 degrees fahrenheit take her rectal temperature for a more precise and accurate result. Some babies don t mind having their temperature taken rectally while others seem to hate it. Hold your baby s arm still while the thermometer takes the reading.

Therefore normal axillary temperature would range between 97 6 degrees and 98 1 degrees fahrenheit 36 4 36 7 degrees celsius. Make sure that your baby s clothing doesn t get between the thermometer and the skin. Lift the baby s arm remove the thermometer and read the temperature. Keep the thermometer under your arm for 5 minutes or longer.

An armpit temperature is generally 1 degree lower than an oral temperature. To take an underarm temperature put the tip in your or your child s armpit. It can be nearly 2 degrees lower than a rectal temperature which is the most accurate. A digital thermometer can take an oral rectal or axillary temperature.

Underarm temperature is considered the safest way to check the body temperature of children under 3 months old. A normal axillary temperature ranges between 97 6 degrees and 99 4 degrees fahrenheit according to the einstein healthcare network 1. Remove the thermometer without touching the tip. It s also commonly used to check temperature in infants to 5 year olds because it s.

To take an accurate axillary temperature the thermometer point must fit snugly into your baby s armpit. If your child has been eating or drinking wait 15 minutes to take his or her temperature by mouth. Hold them comfortably on your knee and put the thermometer in their armpit always use the thermometer in the armpit with children under 5 years. Place the tip of the thermometer under your child s tongue toward the back of the mouth and ask your child to keep his or her lips closed.