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amother
Seafoam
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 12:59 am
What age do you stop using rectal temps on your kids when they're sick? Is it ok to use on olderish kids?
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shabbatiscoming
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 1:50 am
I think you can stop with the child lets you do it another way.
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JoyInTheMorning
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 2:12 am
I think it's an invasion of a child's privacy, so I never do it, not even with a baby. There are accurate under-the-arm thermometers.
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imasinger
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 6:33 am
I agree with Joy in the Morning. Once there were reasonable better options, I never started.
I threw out the rectal thermometer years ago.
If the doctors are satisfied with the accuracy of other methods, then it should be good enough for us moms.
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aquad
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 7:11 am
I do rectal until at least a year. It's really important to get an accurate temperature at that age.
After that, I mostly do armpit, except when I want to get the most accurate temperature or if I suspect that the toddler is wiggling too much to get an accurate armpit.
(Ear thermometers are not recommended for under two.)
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lfab
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 8:54 am
I really only do rectal for a very little infant because I find it such a pain to do. If I really felt I needed an accurate temp I would do it but probably only until about a year to a year and a half. After that they squirm to much and I would have to pin them down, which I don't think is so nice unless absolutely necessary. And if their squirming that much I wouldn't feel like it's accurate anyway. More often than not when it's just a low grade fever lasting a short time I don't even bother taking their temp at all (unless for a young infant). Only if it's persistent or high do I take their temp.
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BabsB
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 10:27 am
Up to 12 months the Drs office has always done rectal, switching to temporal after that.
I have never done rectal temps, always under the arm. When I call the office I always say "their axillary temp is ..." so it's clear what I'm talking about.
This is from WebMD and compares the different types and their accuracies:
http://www.webmd.com/children/.....rview
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amother
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 12:52 pm
Actually, my whole family turned green if we tried to take under arm temperature. We ended up doing mouth most of my life. Now with my baby there is a forehead thermometer which seems pretty accurate..
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ectomorph
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 12:57 pm
I very rarely would do it with 2 year old. Only if child has a crazy temporal like 103+ and I need to know exactly.
I don't trust temporal on a baby and always do rectal.
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mommy3b2c
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 1:16 pm
Interesting answers. I only do rectal. My oldest is 10. The other ones are not accurate at all. I rarely take the temperature. If I do, it's because I need an accurate reading and the other ones are a waste of time.
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pesek zman
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 1:26 pm
aquad wrote: | I do rectal until at least a year. It's really important to get an accurate temperature at that age.
After that, I mostly do armpit, except when I want to get the most accurate temperature or if I suspect that the toddler is wiggling too much to get an accurate armpit.
(Ear thermometers are not recommended for under two.) |
It's so funny that you speak to the accuracy of fever at a young age
When I was a new first time mom and my pediatrician (at the 2 day visit) said to bring to the ED if baby has fever, and I said, how do I know? And she said, you'll know. Baby will be hot. Subjective fever is sufficient. I've always been able to feel when my (now) toddler is febrile, from a virus to an ear infection. My doctor never advised I need a thermometer.
I've since been gifted one (the kind they use in my pediatrician office, that you scan across the forehead) but haven't used it
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amother
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 1:28 pm
mommy3b2c wrote: | Interesting answers. I only do rectal. My oldest is 10. The other ones are not accurate at all. I rarely take the temperature. If I do, it's because I need an accurate reading and the other ones are a waste of time. |
you would do rectal on a 10 yr old???
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amother
Seafoam
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 1:58 pm
mommy3b2c wrote: | Interesting answers. I only do rectal. My oldest is 10. The other ones are not accurate at all. I rarely take the temperature. If I do, it's because I need an accurate reading and the other ones are a waste of time. |
Wait, your ten year old allows this? Maybe they secretly enjoy it?
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mommy3b2c
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 1:59 pm
amother wrote: | you would do rectal on a 10 yr old??? |
Apparently I would. Otherwise I wouldn't write it.
Last edited by mommy3b2c on Wed, Jan 11 2017, 2:03 pm; edited 1 time in total
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mommy3b2c
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 2:00 pm
amother wrote: | Wait, your ten year old allows this? Maybe they secretly enjoy it? |
What an inappropriate comment.
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amother
Bisque
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 2:08 pm
I use the exergen if it's good enough for my pediatrician then it's good for me... I think I used rectal for my 1.5 yr old maybe 5 times
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amother
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 2:32 pm
mommy3b2c wrote: | Apparently I would. Otherwise I wouldn't write it. |
that's strange, it's really not the norm. Rectal thermometers are meant for babies. I am really surprised that your child allows it.
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lucky14
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 2:44 pm
aquad wrote: |
(Ear thermometers are not recommended for under two.) |
why is this? I have an ear thermometer and took my baby's temp actually the morning of a doc appointment and it was basically the same temp in the office.
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Maya
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 3:35 pm
mommy3b2c wrote: | What an inappropriate comment. |
I agree.
Still, I'm also surprised. I recently saw a discussion online of people who remember feeing very violated when their mothers used rectal thermometers on them, and they were talking about kids way younger than 10 years old. I didn't realize peopl still did that.
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Liba
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Wed, Jan 11 2017, 3:39 pm
Even in the NICU they only did under the arm temperatures on my babies. In two countries. Never rectal. They said there was too much of a perforation risk and that under the arm was just as accurate.
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