Question aboout Thermometers

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We use an ear thermometer which I thought was supposed to be more

accurate than the under arm digitall kind but I am wondering what you

all have found to be true.

When we were in the Peds office Monday Aidan's fever started coming

back on (after being broke by Motrin) and when we got there they have

that new (to us) temporal thermometer that they use and it only

registered 100. But okay - I thought the fever is rising - and then by

the time we left he was feeling much hotter - by my touch I was

figuring 102 - maybe 103 - and I asked them to take it again because I

was trying to decide if I should try Tylenol and they " scanned " him

again and it said 100.7. I KNOW that our thermometer would have

registered higher - so now I don't know.

So what is your opinion of the thermometer and the various kinds?

Thanks!

Hannah