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Taking Your Child’s Temperature

Dr. Scarlet Constant, Pediatrician with Baptist Health South Florida, affirms for infants the best way to take their temperature is rectally. The specialist says fever in kids less than two months of age is an emergency. She advises if the temperature is 100.4 Fahrenheit or more, It's important to go to the E.R.

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