Since nobody has much immunity to colds, newborns are susceptible to colds. Fever in a Newborn Fever in a newborn can be a sign of a serious infection. Ear thermometers are not accurate in newborns. An electronic digital is satisfactory as well. If you are uncomfortable taking a rectal temperature you can hold the thermometer under the arm for 5 minutes with the arm held against the body.
Newborns can see when they're born.
In fact, they can see before they are born, but not much light gets into the uterus and there is little to see there. Most people think newborns don't see because they don't appear to look at anything, but that's because they haven't learned that there is anything to look at. When you hold a newborn for feeding your face is in focus, but as you move away you become out of focus. Your newborn will make no effort to focus on you or look for you. Newborns are very interested in human faces, but they have to learn that they are seeing another person.