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rectal temp at the Dr's?  post #1 of 12 Thread Starter  DH and I
took ds to the Dr yesterday for a check up. He had an
intermittant rattle in his chest that we thought was probably
allergies and he is most obviously NOT sick, but we wanted to
get it checked. Our doc is a family doc (not ped), delayed/non-
vax friendly, etc, etc...we like the office. Well, the medical
assistant took us back, weighed him and then told my husband to
turn him over on the exam table b/c she needed to get his temp
and "of course it will be rectally." I spoke up and said we
would not be doing a rectal temp and she argued that's the way
it's done in infants under 1 and yes we would....ummm, no. She
finally said well then *you* can explain to the nurse
practitioner why he didn't have his temp taken (no offer to do
an axillary one).  Naturally the NP never mentioned it b/c he
*wasn't sick*...although I'd be *ver