Take Temperature Under Arm Baby

Hold your baby s arm still while the thermometer takes the reading.

Take temperature under arm baby.

Swipe the thermometer from one temple to the other and behind the ear until it beeps. Put the end with the colored or silver tip under your arm. Make sure that your baby s clothing doesn t get between the thermometer and the skin. Some babies don t mind having their temperature taken rectally while others seem to hate it.

Make sure the thermometer is touching skin and not clothes. The baby s skin should completely surround the thermometer. If you don t get a snug fit the reading you get will probably be too low. Underarm temperature is considered the safest way to check the body temperature of children under 3 months old.

Temperature taken under the arm usually is considered to be less accurate than most other body locations for measuring temperature. Axillary or armpit temperature is the least accurate of the three. It s also commonly used to check temperature in infants to 5 year olds because it s. To take an underarm temperature put the tip in your or your child s armpit.

An armpit temperature is generally 1 degree lower than an oral temperature. To take a temporal temperature push down on the button to turn it on. Hold the baby s arm tightly in place so he cannot move it. To take an accurate axillary temperature the thermometer point must fit snugly into your baby s armpit.

This measurement also known as axillary temperature tends to be about half a degree to a degree below oral temperature 1. A digital thermometer can take an oral rectal or axillary temperature. Hold your arm down tightly at your side. Remove the thermometer without touching the tip.

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. To take your child s temperature. Keep the thermometer in your armpit until it beeps.

Squeeze your arm against your body to hold the thermometer in place. Most digital thermometers emit a beep when finished taking the temperature reading. If your child has been eating or drinking wait 15 minutes to take his or her temperature by mouth. If your baby protests you might want to take her underarm axillary temperature first.

Keep the thermometer under your arm for 5 minutes or longer. Lift the baby s arm remove the thermometer and read the temperature. If that reading is over 99 degrees fahrenheit take her rectal temperature for a more precise and accurate result. It can be nearly 2 degrees lower than a rectal temperature which is the most accurate.