Monitoring the temperature is important because if at any stage she gets a fever we must take her to the medical facility. There is no Idiots guide to taking a temp, because it is a very simple thing to do, however a book that needs to still be written is the Paranoid Guide to taking a Temp. When it comes to us and sick kids we stand a really good chance of being nominated for an Oscar in the obsessive compulsive disorder category. Monitor her temp means .... yes you guessed it .... take it every hour on the hour. Well that's lovely in theory but the practicality of taking a temp, under the arm at midnight, ends in a very irritated patient.
But and here is the good news: You can purchase a Infrared Ear Thermometer that measures the temp, from the ear, in a second. Man, now thats a cure for the paranoid. Now we take her temp as often as we like and she does not even know that we are doing it.
How I wish this little gadget was available when the kids were small!!
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