A newborn has a fever when a rectal temperature reaches 100.4°F (38°C) or more—check with a digital thermometer and call your pediatrician.

Check your newborn’s chest or back: hot or sweaty skin, flushed face, fast breathing, or heat rash signal they’re too warm.

No, autism can’t be confirmed in a newborn; watch patterns in the first year and ask your pediatrician about routine screenings.

Common signs of newborn gas include curled legs, a firm belly, squirming after feeds, hard to pass burps, and relief after passing gas or stool.

Newborn deafness is flagged by hospital hearing screens (OAE/AABR) plus missed startle to loud sounds and lagging vocal or eye-tracking cues.

Newborn skin color emerges over the first weeks; early hints come from family tones, good light, and high-melanin spots such as ears and genitals.

Feel the chest or back; cool skin plus pale/mottled color, fussiness, or poor feeding suggests your newborn is cold.

Watch for a rectal fever ≥ 38°C (100.4°F), breathing trouble, poor feeding, unusual sleepiness, color changes, or fewer wet diapers—seek care fast.

One newborn cold shows up as a stuffy or runny nose, sneezes, mild cough, and feeding changes; call a doctor sooner for babies under three months.

You lower newborn jaundice risk with early, frequent feeds, bilirubin checks before discharge, and timely follow-up in the first week.