Parents are very worried about any slight abnormalities in their baby's body. Some babies may not have a fever and their body temperature is normal, but only the back of the head feels like a fever. So why does the back of the baby's head feel hot?
1. In fact, sometimes when the back of a baby's head is touched by hand, the temperature is indeed higher than the temperature of other parts of the baby's body. This is mainly because most of the time the baby is lying on a pillow and sleeping soundly. Therefore, when the baby wakes up and the parent picks up the baby, touching the back of the baby's head will feel that the body temperature at the back of the head is higher.
2. If parents dress their baby too much during sleep, the baby will sweat due to heat, and most of the sweat will be in the back of the head, which can also cause the back of the head to heat up.
3. Another reason is that the central nervous system for regulating body temperature in babies is not well-developed, so environmental factors have a more significant impact on their body temperature. In order to maintain normal body temperature, the baby's skin will quickly dissipate heat. However, because the back of the head is covered by a pillow, it affects the speed of heat dissipation, resulting in a fever in the back of the head. If only the back of the baby's head heats up, there is usually no problem, but if the back of the head heats up and other parts of the body also heats up, it is very likely that the baby has a cold and fever.
