How do you personally do it? When do you do it? Have you done it yet? LO hasn't been noticeably sick, but then you read about all the cases where the baby was "fine" but then for some reason they decided to take the temp and they ended up having a temperature.
Re: Taking Temps
I do rectal...only did it maybe twice? I know there are other less invasive ways...but I was a peds ICU nurse and our standard was rectal, so it is normal to me. We were not permitted to do underarm. The thought was it wasn't accurate enough.
When you take the temp...be sure to specify to your pedi where you took it. It makes a difference in whether they will classify the temp as a fever or not.