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Dr. Ann Kellams
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia

Dr. Ann Lenox Kellams, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics and medical director of the newborn nursery at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, is an expert in newborn care and breastfeeding. Kellams teaches pediatric clinical skills to students and residents and authored the Newborn Nursery Resident and Student Curriculum and Orientation Manual for UVA Children’s Hospital. Kellams serves her surrounding community by being a mentor for the African American Student Mentorship Program, by serving on the Virginia Breastfeeding Advisory Committee and by hosting various community education workshops on newborn and infant care. She received the Outstanding Graduate Designation from her alma mater, the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.

What is a normal temerature for my baby?

In this video Dr. Ann Kellams discuss the many issues surrounding how to properly care for a newborn baby.

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Host: What is a normal temperature for my baby?

Dr. Ann Kellams: So there is a range for normal temperatures. Generally, we don't recommend randomly checking the baby's temperatures unless they are acting funny. So if they are doing something that's going to cause concern or make you want to call the baby's doctor then it is a good idea to check their temperature. Rectal temperatures are the gold standard and really the only reliable way of checking that baby's core temperature. So you got to have a rectal thermometer, a little bit of lubrication either, K-Y jelly or Vaseline is fine, insert it just past the tip and anything that's either less than 98 or greater than 100 could potentially be a red flag for an issue and we would like to know about that. So that would mean a call to the doctor.

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