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I have a 5.5 week old and yesterday she was crying and fussy all day and she felt warm to me in the evening so i took her temp.. the first reading said 100.6 and then I took it again IMMEDIATELY and it said 99.7.. then I kept taking it every few minutes and even tried another thermometer.. all the readings were different. Most around 99.7-99.9... Well being a new mom I was concerned by the 100.6 reading and so I called the after hours line for my doc and they told me to take her to the ER... so I did.. well low and behold her temp was 97 something when they took it and then 98 something when they took it about an hour later... My question is has anyone else experienced this misreading in a thermometer?? Any suggestions on a good dependable thermometer?? I don't believe she ever had a fever at all...
Posted on 10/27/09, 08:10 pm |
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i had thought my daughter had a cold and she was being so fussy so i checked her temp but got a few different readings... i thought it might be because she was crying but another time i got the same results. we have the ear one which i heard isn't reliable, but a nurse had told a friend the thermometer that you swipe over the forhead is the best. sorry i couldn't be more of a help! 
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i think that the temperature of the tip of the thermometor might have something to do with it. we have had the same problem with ours, its an ear one, so i just take the mean temp as hers. also, the ones at the docs are way more accurate.
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I was using a rectal one... and the most confusing part for me was theirs was still a degree different! I mean i know there are fluctuations but crap that seems like a lot
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I have the one you swipe over the forehead. It's a little pricey. I think I got mine at toys r us for $50. But I think it's worth every penny. I have found it to be pretty accurate
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Our pediatrician told us flat out that if we call them with anything other than a rectal temperature they're going to make us take it rectally, so we just go straight to that route! When our daughter was that small her temperature definitely seemed to fluctuate a lot. I wouldn't take it so close together, we would take it, wait half an hour or so, then take it again. But definitely go with the average.
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My son fluctuates like this ALL THE TIME and my ped basically explained that infants have temperature that fluctuates based on very sensitive things. Crying can make the temp go up, as can playing, as can sleeping. Getting them undressed and feeding them can make it go down, just changing their position can affect the temperature. That is why it fluctutates so much in a short period of time.
Basically - if it goes up to over 100.4 and STAYS that way after you undress them and change their situation - it's an issue. If it fluctuates and goes back down and they are acting otherwise fine, then ti's fine.
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I have a thermometer that you swipe across the forhead and I was reading the directions today and it said that it reads 1 degree higher than an oral temperature and 2 degrees higher than an underarm temperature and is comparable to a rectal temperature. I took my temperature orally and then with forhead scanner one and it was like the directions said. I havent compared it rectally or to the underarm temperature yet. And the forhead scanner is SUPER EASY and SUPER QUICK!!
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