Vital Signs
This is the normal temperature range for a newborn (in °C).
What is 36.5 to 37.5°C?
This soft spot on a baby’s head should be flat and soft.
What is the fontanelle?
This is the average birth weight of a full-term newborn (in grams).
What is 2,500 to 4,000 grams?
The Apgar score is usually checked at these two times after birth.
What are 1 minute and 5 minutes?
This is the recommended way to feed a newborn if possible.
What is breastfeeding?
This is the normal newborn heart rate when awake.
What is 120 to 160 beats per minute?
This white, cheesy coating on the baby's skin at birth is called..
What is vernix caseosa?
This reflex causes the baby to throw out their arms when startled.
What is the Moro reflex?
The “A” in Apgar stands for this word, which refers to skin color.
What is Appearance?
A healthy newborn should have their first wet diaper within this many hours after birth.
What is 24 hours?
Newborns typically breathe how many times per minute?
What is 30 to 60 breaths per minute?
This is a fine, soft hair sometimes seen on preterm babies.
What is lanugo?
This reflex happens when you stroke the sole of the foot and the toes fan out.
What is the Babinski reflex?
A strong cry gives a baby this score for respiration.
What is 2?
This thick, green-black stool is passed in the first few days of life.
What is meconium?
A fast heart rate in a newborn is called this.
What is tachycardia?
When the baby’s hands and feet look bluish, it’s usually this harmless condition.
What is acrocyanosis?
When a baby turns their head toward a touch on the cheek, it’s called this reflex.
What is the rooting reflex?
A heart rate under 100 beats per minute gives this score for pulse.
What is 1?
This feeding cue means the baby is ready to eat: turning head toward touch.
What is rooting?
If a baby’s temperature is below 36.5°C, you should first try this basic intervention.
What is skin-to-skin contact or warming the baby?
This birth mark is flat, pink or red, and often seen on the neck or eyelids.
What is a "stork bite" (nevus simplex)?
This reflex makes a baby grab your finger when placed in their palm.
What is the palmar grasp reflex?
A baby with a total Apgar score of 9 at 1 minute likely lost 1 point for this reason.
What is blue hands and feet (acrocyanosis)?
By day 5, a baby should have at least this many wet diapers per day.
What is 6?