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Subject: Should an 8 year old boy with delays a teamperture taken rectally with a glass rectal thermometer? Author: Pam [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2025, 04:47: am I am caring for an 8 year old boy named Kyle on an informal basis for an acquaintance that was supposed to be temporary but has stretched into months. When the time comes to take his temperature I will definitely prefer taking his temperature with a glass thermometer but I was cautioned by another home school "mom" that her observation of him his ADD that he would not be suited for having a glass oral thermometer placed in his mouth but rather he have his temperature taken in his rear end (like she does) with a glass rectal thermometer where nothing is required of him but remain passive while the glass rectal thermometer is mounted in his rear end. She said that with her son's mouth unoccupied, there is a lot of complaining which draws unwanted attention to him from other youngsters in the home. but that her What to others feel about it? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: rectally with a glass rectal thermometer? Author: Maude [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2025, 11:18: am Pam kids complain about anything and everything. Get him alone with you in the bathroom for three minutes and get his temp. taken and let him complain all he wants. I had daughters and granddaughters that needed wiping after they did their doo to make sure they got good and clean at 7 and sometimes 8 years old. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: temperature taken rectally with a glass rectal thermometer... Author: Jack [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 2025, 04:07: pm It goes without saying that he needs his temperature taken in his rear end. Regarding his habit of complaining, though I will admit this was a long time ago and times have changed, my mom used to just tape my mouth shut when she wanted me quiet for certain things. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: More on an 8 year old boy getting a rectal temperautre with a glass rectal thermometer? Author: Pam [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, May 07, 2025, 01:32: pm I asked my friend over the phone to borrow her glass rectal thermometer for when I take Kyle's temperature in his rear end. She told me that she would bring it over to me whenever I take his temperature. I told her that is a great idea and have a get together while his temperature is being taken. She then said it is a good idea to take his temperature that way regularly when he is well so that he can prepare himself to the inevitability of having it taken that way when he is sick. She said she could be here at a minutes notice. I got to thinking now is as good as anytime for him to haven his temperature taken in his rear end with a glass rectal thermometer. I shared my thought with her and she said she could be over in a few minutes. She also cautioned her that she is caring for her niece (age 9) and nephew (age 7) and would have to bring them along and I said that's fine. She suggested that his temperature be taken in the living room where the other kids could be supervised and where she could take their temperatures in their mouths at the same time because she said it is a good idea to take a youngster's temperature regularly just in case. I said, sure why not, because it is more efficient to take their temperatures at the same time and why would it matter to me that he is getting his temperature in his butt in front of the two kids having a temperature taken in their mouths. How Kyle feels about it does not count. I told her that I have a folding table, like 6 feet long and 2 feet wide that Kyle would lay down one and the other kids could sit in a couple of dining table chairs facing the table. Then she suggested something I had never thought of and that is to send Kyle to the bathroom where he could do his business sitting on the toilet to make clear passage of the glass rectal thermometer and give him a bathroom wipe as the final step to finish the job. After she to off the phone I sent Kyle to the bathroom with instructions and got the table ready. If anyone is interested, let me know if you want me to tell the rest of what happened and how much detail anyone would like to hear. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Should an 8-year-old boy teamperture taken rectally with a glass rectal thermometer? Author: DeputyDog (Moderator) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2025, 05:41: pm I have many mercury in glass rectal thermometers and would be happy to send a couple to you on request. You need not trouble your neighbor and should be able to use your own rectal thermometer. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]