Best baby thermometer

Knottie60551808

i hear the ones on the pacifier are more work than it's worth. What is everyone's favorite or easiest to use thermometer for newborns/babies

laurendutch

I always used a regular thermometer in the armpit. I'm interested to know what others say.

ElRuby

Behind the ear one... It's perfect and you can easily take their temperature even while they are sleeping.

laurendutch

ElRuby said:

Behind the ear one... It's perfect and you can easily take their temperature even while they are sleeping.

Is it like the forehead one?

KaLikeAWind

FTM so I'm also interested to hear what people say
A behind the ear one, @ElRuby? How does that work? You just place it against the skin? I'd think you would have to have another part of flesh against it like with laurendutch and the armpit? Genuinely curious. Glad to Google it if you remember the name of yours

ElRuby

laurendutch said:

ElRuby said:

Behind the ear one... It's perfect and you can easily take their temperature even while they are sleeping.

Is it like the forehead one?

No... From what I have seen it's much easier than the forehead scanner... You just place the sensor behind the ear and press a button and it's very quick and accurate.

BabyList

Behind the ear for sure. My daughter has always fought our forehead scanner. I think our behind the eat thermometer was under $20 at walmart, and our forehead one was over $40.

kyleegail89

The best and most accurate thermometer/temperature is going to be rectal. The armpit in the least accurate.

kyleegail89

Oh and the tympanic (ear) is not accurate on any baby less than 3 months because their ear canals are too small. We never use them on babies, especially if they come in for an illness, not an injury.

ElRuby

@mellymar I can't remember the brand but I know it's really nice not to have to wake DS when I want to check on him in the middle of the night... Of course a rectal thermometer is a must have but I didn't find it necessary to always use that one especially as the child gets older!

KaLikeAWind

I'm not opposed to sticking a thermometer up the bum (I did it with animals every day for a long while there, fun times). I was just hoping to not have to stick stuff up my kids bum. Oh well

MrsWiggleWaggle

I always thought you just stick it up the bum? I KNOW NOTHING!! I AM JOHN SNOW!!

kyleegail89

mellymar said:

I'm not opposed to sticking a thermometer up the bum (I did it with animals every day for a long while there, fun times). I was just hoping to not have to stick stuff up my kids bum. Oh well

I feel the same, I have to do it all day and then come home and do it lol. I know my husband will pull the "but you're the medical professional."

auburnmamma

If your baby is running a fever the pediatrician a office will ask for a rectal reading (at least mine did) for the first six months.

ksimo6

We have used a rectal thermometer almost exclusively. It's been the easiest and most accurate for us.

klkonwi

Yep. Pediatrician and ER will always want to know the rectal reading you got at home before bringing baby in.