https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:16:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2245532 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 23:20:09 +0000 chopsuey 2245532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ear thermometer </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2245531 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 23:19:26 +0000 MsMini 2245531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use an ear one on DS (3), axillary on DD (8 months)- in the hospital I work at we almost never do rectal temps actually! Armpit under a year, ear for 1-12, and 12+ we do temporal. A lot of the issues are due to user error, I am pretty confident in my temps, and I use the same method/age as our hospital policy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2245526 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:50:04 +0000 PinkElephant 2245526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually use a Braun war one, but keep rectal and armpit/oral ones around in case I want to compare because a temp seems off (LO seems hotter or cooler than the reading).</p> <p>I thought I read that temporal scanners had the highest margin of error, but I know our ear be has occasional been wonky (like if LOs ears are waxy)....seems like we manas can't win! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2245520 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:40:43 +0000 MrsBrewer 2245520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our pediatrician only wants us to take rectal temps for under 1 year </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2245514 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:29:16 +0000 BSB 2245514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good question. I registered for the ear one but my sister sent me $10 rebate for one of the temporal ones. They market the product as 'pediatrician preferred'.</p> <p>If anyone wants the rebate, it's here. <a href="http://www.exergen.com/babythermometer/Exergen-MothersRebate-BabyThermometer-Dec312015a.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.exergen.com/babythermometer/Exergen-MothersRebate-BabyThermometer-Dec312015a.pdf</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2245110 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:13:51 +0000 Alivoo01 2245110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Temporal scanner </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2245024 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:14:02 +0000 KT326 2245024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: our pediatrician had to tell us how to use it because I was afraid of hurting him! Now whenever he sees the thermometer he wants me to take his temperature so even though I feel like I'm being rough he must not be too traumatized :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244996 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:49:18 +0000 raintreebee 2244996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KT326: thanks for the tip. i'll try that. i certainly am not ruling out user error! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244993 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:47:06 +0000 mrsjyw 2244993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Digital ear and temporal </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244992 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:45:05 +0000 regberadaisy 2244992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Digital ear by Braun. If I need to call the ped they always ask for a rectal confirmation. Our temporal is super off. It changes by 2-3 degrees depending on where on the head I take the temp. I'll use it for a quick read but don't trust it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244987 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:41:14 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2244987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use a temporal one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244978 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:36:45 +0000 LuLu Mom 2244978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a temporal one, but I use it as an initial reading and then will do rectal to confirm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244965 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:30:01 +0000 KT326 2244965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ear thermometers can be tough to use. You have to pull on the ear a bit as you stick the thermometer in. Otherwise you won't get an accurate temperature. My husband always has problems. He took lo's temp and only got 98. I took it and it was 102. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244963 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:28:20 +0000 kiddosc 2244963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: I can never get our braun ear thermometer to read correctly either. I've actually never used it on LO because I couldn't get an accurate reading on myself, and he's three now. I take his temp rectally when I need it to be accurate, he's too squirmy to get a good underarm reading. I need to look into a temporal thermometer I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244954 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:18:28 +0000 mrbee 2244954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: Wow, that's a huge miss!! I think we also use the Braun ear thermometer... it's usually pretty accurate, as far as I can tell. But now I'm having second thoughts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244953 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:17:46 +0000 autumnlove 2244953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Temporal and we also double check with a rectal if it is high. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244951 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:16:59 +0000 raintreebee 2244951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: 97 and 102! We tried it several different times! So weird. For a long time we just used the ear one, but I knew that it couldn't be right because he was so hot....Now I wonder how many low grade fevers I missed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244949 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:15:28 +0000 mrbee 2244949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: Holy moly, off by 5 degrees?! What were the two temps? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244948 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:14:54 +0000 Truth Bombs 2244948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a temporal one, but you don't swipe it on the head, you just direct it at her forehead and push a button. It's quite consistent and almost always shows my temp at 97.5 which is my normal, so I trust it. If it's scary high we confirm with a rectal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244939 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:07:23 +0000 raintreebee 2244939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used to use a really expensive Braun ear one, but last time he had a fever we noticed it was off by like 5 degrees when compared to the rectal thermometer. Not sure what we will do going forward. I don't trust it now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244938 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:04:56 +0000 Adira 2244938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Bruan temperal scanner (the one that does the forehead). I like it because it seems so much easier than the ear one we had, and so far seems pretty accurate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-temperatures-when-kids-are-sick#post-2244915 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:47:59 +0000 mrbee 2244915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Growing up, my mom used mercury thermometers in the mouth or armpit. Now we use a digital thermometer in the ear for the kids. I need to do some more research on thermometers... although usually when my kids have a temperature, it's a really high one and you don't even really need a thermometer!</p> <p>How do you take temperatures when kids are sick? </p>