webmd what is normal temperature
Thatâs why it is good to take your babyâs/childâs temperature a few times when s/he is fine. It may be that his/her normal temperature is really 97.8, so that 99.8 could signify a fever. Usually we say someone has a fever if the temperature inside the body is 1.5 â 2 degrees higher than usual. Most pediatric providers will call it a fever when the rectal temperature is higher than 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or 38.0 degrees Centigrade.