https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 20:03:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450835 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:01:07 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1450835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: We did rectal temps until about a month ago. We had this thermometer that looks kind of like a bulb, so I knew we couldn't do it "wrong" and mess something up. It's without a doubt more accurate (our doctor's office would basically ignore their temporal reading if we said the rectal reading was different). It's actually really easy and quick to use, but we just bought an ear one because sometimes we want to take their temps when we're not doing a diaper change. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450470 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:45:12 +0000 littlebug 1450470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did rectally until about 10 months, when we switched to ear. We use the same ear thermometer that @sslm: has. </p> <p>FWIW, rectal isn't that hard to do. I just hold his legs up like I'm changing a diaper, stick it in there with a little bit of vaseline, and done. The Vicks rectal thermometer is really quick - less than 5 seconds. </p> <p>Funny story, I thought I had read somewhere that you shouldn't use vaseline when taking a rectal temp, that you should use a water-based lubricant. One night when D felt hot to me, I wanted to take his temp, but didn't have anything other than vaseline to use....other than a bottle of black cherry flavored lube that my step-sister had gotten me as a gag shower gift. So D had his first rectal temp taken with black cherry flavored Durex lube, ha ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450466 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:44:37 +0000 tequiero21 1450466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Forehead. Never had any desire to stick it in their butts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450357 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:20:10 +0000 twodoghouse 1450357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I registered for a rectal thermometer, but I'm afraid of doing it rectally too! I mean, does someone teach you how to do it right or do you just stick it up there and you can't really get it wrong? I feel like this is one of those things I probably shouldn't look up instructions for on YouTube, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450354 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:19:43 +0000 Foodnerd81 1450354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I'm mildly concerned and am just taking it to ease my mind, I do the ear one, but our ear thermometer sucks. It came in a first aid kit and I thought it was great, but I get a different reading every time. I even tested it on my full size ears and still was getting temps that would vary by a full degree!</p> <p>So, if I'm really worried, I do rectal. Like others said, it's specially designed to not be able to go to far, and it actually was a LOT easier than I expected. Use a tiny bit of aquaphor or vaseline. I had to laugh at @MrsRoo: 's comment because she totally does clam up, which effectively holds the thermometer there :) I hold her legs up as if I'm changing her diaper and she's OK with it, for now. </p> <p>But I'm sure a good ear one would be quicker and easier if you are just being paranoid, then you could confirm with the rectal if you were really concerned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450335 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:13:48 +0000 chopsuey 1450335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually I just put my lips against their foreheads.<br /> Back when they were infants, I used a rectal thermometer. </p> <p>My mom brought an ear thermometer with her when she came to visit. LOVE it! </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Braun-Thermoscan-Thermometer-Technology-IRT4520USSM/dp/B001FWXKMM" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Braun-Thermoscan-Thermometer-Technology-IRT4520USSM/dp/B001FWXKMM</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450328 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:12:26 +0000 mediagirl 1450328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsRoo: LOL ditto!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450325 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:12:02 +0000 mediagirl 1450325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need to get an ear thermometer. Our forehead thermometer has never worked so I always do it rectally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450318 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:09:56 +0000 rattles 1450318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took it rectally under a year at my ped's request. They said under the arm was inaccurate, so I only used it to get an idea of whether to go for the rectal thermometer. It's really not scary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450181 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:20:07 +0000 Alivoo01 1450181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use the Exergen temporal thermometer (scans the forehead). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450076 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:52:33 +0000 Silva 1450076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rectally, but my husband is a pediatrician so he usually does it. It freaks me out too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450075 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:49:37 +0000 looch 1450075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did rectal up to age 2, now we have ear and forehead thermometers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450068 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:43:35 +0000 Smurfette 1450068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Same as sslm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450066 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:40:03 +0000 sslm 1450066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: we have this one and it's great! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001FWXKMM" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001FWXKMM</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450058 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:26:39 +0000 lawbee11 1450058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: @Smurfette: @HLK208: @sslm: I totally forgot you could take it in the ear! Can y'all recommend an ear thermometer? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450049 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:56:15 +0000 swedishfish 1450049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ninja: same! Rectal scares me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450041 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:34:41 +0000 Charm54 1450041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ear, it only takes 2 seconds. I'm petrified of rectal too and she squirmed way too much for me when I used to do under the arm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450039 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:28:39 +0000 Smurfette 1450039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ear! We stopped recital around 6-7 months, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450002 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 01:34:05 +0000 shopaholic 1450002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Underarm. We have a forehead one too, but I use it just to double-check. She's waaay too wiggly for the forehead, I can't imagine trying rectally! Our pediatrician's office has only done forehead and ear - LO has never had a rectal temp taken! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1450000 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 01:30:59 +0000 lovehoneybee 1450000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rectally. I put him on his stomach and give him his ABC flashcards for a distraction. The thermometer I have is really short, though, and can't go in too far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449989 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:50:34 +0000 irene 1449989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only know how to do rectal. I became such an expert that when he got hand, foot and mouth disease while overseas, we kept measuring his temperature every few hours when we were on the road in the middle of nowhere!</p> <p>When I was still pregnant and going around to find a pediatrician, our ped said it is the most accurate to get rectum temperature. So I've stuck with it since. In a way it is an ease of mind, because when I got 104.1, I know it is very serious. Whereas if I measured on forehead and other areas, I may get a lower temperature and I may brush it off as something that is OK? I don't know. </p> <p>LO turned 2 though so I do want to stop using the rectum thermometer.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449988 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:45:32 +0000 luckypenny 1449988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ear </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449953 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:42:37 +0000 singingbee 1449953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rectally. We have a special one that only goes in so far. The peds office won't 'believe' any temp we take that's not rectally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449945 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:37:59 +0000 MrsRoo 1449945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rectal, for accuracy, an because she clams up and stays really still when I do it that way. Lol, she's actually much wigglier when I've tried to take it under her arm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449933 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:27:25 +0000 skibobrown 1449933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Under the arm. We did rectally when DD was really little, but switched to under the arm probably around 6 months or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449924 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:18:37 +0000 lawbee11 1449924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Oh I definitely think it's the most accurate...I'm just scurrrred! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449921 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:12:23 +0000 mrbee 1449921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449913 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:03:09 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1449913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ear! I was told by many that it's most accurate. It's insanely fast and easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449909 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:59:22 +0000 matador84 1449909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rectal usually. Ear if I need it quicker. Anything not taken rectallu can usually vary by a degree or two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-take-your-los-temp#post-1449908 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:59:21 +0000 Pepper 1449908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rectal, because it's the most accurate. We have a special thermometer that can't be inserted too far, so no worrying about harming him. </p>