Hello doctor .normal range of body temperature in 6 months old baby. If fever what is temperature to give medication. How many times can fever medicine can be given in a day.

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A temperature reading isn't the only indication of whether a fever is serious.
Age is a factor: Fever is more serious in babies under 3 months.
Behavior is another factor: A high fever that doesn't stop your baby from playing and feeding normally may not be cause for alarm.
Keep in mind that everyone's temperature rises in the late afternoon and early evening and falls between midnight and early morning. This natural cycle of our internal thermostat explains why doctors get most of their phone calls about fever in the late afternoon and early evening.
So yu have to treat the cause of fever and and not the temperature .if the baby is active and playful the temperature is not an indication ofr giving paracetamol and is harmful .It need to be given only if there is infection and a doctor can decide it after seeing the baby.

Sajeev Kumar · Accepted Answer

A temperature reading isn't the only indication of whether a fever is serious.
Age is a factor: Fever is more serious in babies under 3 months.
Behavior is another factor: A high fever that doesn't stop your baby from playing and feeding normally may not be cause for alarm.
Keep in mind that everyone's temperature rises in the late afternoon and early evening and falls between midnight and early morning. This natural cycle of our internal thermostat explains why doctors get most of their phone calls about fever in the late afternoon and early evening.
So yu have to treat the cause of fever and and not the temperature .if the baby is active and playful the temperature is not an indication ofr giving paracetamol and is harmful .It need to be given only if there is infection and a doctor can decide it after seeing the baby.