Vital signs:

• Temperature - able to maintain stable body temperature 98.6° F (37° C) in normal room environment.
  

• Pulse - normally 120 to160 beats per minute.
  

• Breathing rate - normally 30 to 60 breaths per minute.
  

General appearance - physical activity, tone, posture, and level of consciousness.

Skin - color, texture, nails, presence of rashes.

Head and neck:

• Appearance, shape, presence of moulding (shaping of the head from passage through the birth canal).
  

• Fontanels (the open "soft spots" between the bones of the baby's skull).
  

• Clavicles (bones across the upper chest).
  

Face - eyes, ears, nose, cheeks.

Mouth - palate, tongue, throat.

Lungs - breath sounds, breathing pattern.

Heart sounds and femoral (in the groin) pulses.

Abdomen - presence of masses or hernias.

Genitals and anus - for open passage of urine and stool.

Arms and legs - movement and development.