Did your babysitter take your temperature rectally?

Did your babysitter take your temperature rectally?

That would have been nice, but only a dream.

She may have done it when I was much younger, but I don’t remember..

I had a few babysitters that would give you a light spanking, that’s about it.

I remember trying to talk a babysitter into taking it rectally one time. I must've been about 6 or 7 at the time. Tiffany her name was. She was probably in her late teens/early 20's. I had asked her if she'd ever taken someones temperature in their butt before, she said that she hadn't. I asked her if she wanted to try it, but she said no. I remember finding the thermometer, taking it into the bathroom, and using it on myself twice, with her sitting out in the living room on the couch. I'd put it into me, then flip over a poached egg timer that I had, when the time was up, i'd pull it out, then bring it out to her to read, since I didn't know how to read a glass thermometer at that point. I distinctly remember saying that the temperature was "96" I knew that was too low for a normal temperature, so I went and took it a second time, to which she said the temperature was "96" again. So there were temperatures taken that day, but not by Tiffany, as I really don't think she wanted much to do with it.

My babysitter was the closet

@RTneo If she did, she would have been arrested!

My babysitter was the closet

WITH A CHAIR PROPPED UP AGAINST THE DOORKNOB 😁 😁

WITH A CHAIR PROPPED UP AGAINST THE DOORKNOB 😁 😁

You must have had the same one.

One of my babysitters was from Sweden. She took my rectal temp., then took her own. It happened when I was around 4 years old. To me it was really strange that an adult would take their rectal temp., since I was told that only babies had it taken that way. As an adult, I realize that some cultures take rectal temps. regardless of age. At least that was true in the past.

@caresabouthealth Yes, maybe, but you have to remember, this was 30+ years ago, rectal temps were still very much the norm.

JJM: She took her temperature in front of you?

I never had my temperature taken rectally by a baby sitter. Just like I saw in other threats; my mom was the only person who took my rectal temperature.

Rectal temps were vogue maybe 50-60 years ago - not so sure30 years ago. Why would a sitter take your temp at all - rectally or orally. And why would she take her own temp orally or rectally while baby sitting? Good question @pecan_nutjob!!

Agree with @caresabouthealth - that would be sexual assault if it happened - unless the parent directed it. That would be another issue. Someone exposing themselves by taking their rectal temp in front of a child is a crime!

Gwhap: Well if a child appears feverish or sick (headache...) it’s normal to wonder about fever. In many cases just feeling the forehead tells enough but many people want an actual check. If you are to call the parents better have some facts...

On a 4 year old rectal used to be pretty standard in the days of glass thermometers since in oral use you had to hold them mouth closed without dropping them for minutes

I had a couple of cases where a sitter or nanny did it at the direction of one of my parents. They were a bit surprised about how I got it done (even in late 1970s) and we’re pretty sympathetic about it. When I was finally switched to oral a couple of sitters also took mine orally. (Secretly I wouldn’t have minded rectal from them...). Whether oral or rectal they all struggled with reading glass thermometers.

I had another occasional babysitter and he played doctor with me once and took my temperature. That was a different situation, though.

Never my actual babysitter, but my grandmother did when she babysat me. I remember very clearly her asking my mom if my temperature was still taken “up the butt.” Of course, the answer was yes.

I can honestly say no that never happen, honestly that was so far back not sure what method she took my temperature...just guessing I say oral

No i dont think she did

Not for real, but my sitter and I sometimes played doctor and nurse, and of course it included rectal temperature taking with the plastic thermometer that came in the doctor kit. It was fun until we were discovered by a prudish aunt who caught us in the act. The sitter was never asked back, but it left me with some delightful memories!

No, I wish

After I had my tonsils out when I was about 5 and having complications that required me to stay in the hospital a few extra days, I got my temperature taken rectally numerous times during that stay. That’s what sparked my interest in anything put in my butt felt good. I had a baby sitter a few times that I would ask her to tell me a story. I would always ask it to be about doctor stuff and that she should take my temperature in my butt. She only did it once and used a Bic pen because I thought it looked like a thermometer. I couldn’t ever get her to do it again. This particular girl only babysat a couple of times. Some of the other ones after her wouldn’t ever do it.

Yes .

Never had my temp taken by a babysitter

@ExcaliburX Oh dear me.

Our babysitter never took our temps but lived next door and knew if we had enemas as well as we did if she got them or her sisters did. We had the same doctor and that was the way it was back then.

No, but I wish she did!

Not sure, but probably. I Don't remember about it.

We lived in Sweden, a country where RT was quite commun, in the fifties, and, as my father was a Hign School teacher, some of his pupils came to babysit me. My mother used to take my RT quite often, so I would not be surprised if she had instructed my babysisters to take my RT if they though there was any problem with me.

Once, when I was about 8 or 9, I was sick and our neighbor, a former nurse with little ones at home, checked up on me as my mom was working. She took my temperature a couple of times-rectally. She later mentioned it to my mom, explaining that it was the only kind of thermometer she had.

Every now and then, the neighbors up the street from us would babysit us during the day. I may have been around 6 or so, and my sister is over a year younger than I am. With that said, we were over at the neighbors for the day, and my sister started feeling sick. The mom brought out the RT and a towel, and told my sister she was going to take her temp. While the neighbors daughter and I were on the living room floor watching TV, the mom was on the couch, with my sister laid across her lap. Panties down, and butt up. I didn't see her insert the thermometer, because we were told to keep our eyes on the TV. I did look back once, real quick, and noticed my sister didn't seem too happy, but she wasn't crying or fussing.

Since my sis was running a temperature, I was sure I would be next in the prone position on the couch, with a glass rod up my bare ass. I wondered who else in that household got RTs. I am assuming the daughter and the son, but maybe their dad too.

No my babysitter didn't take my temperature rectally.

When I grew up (1970s France), rectal temperatures were enforced in hospitals (once old enough you got to insert the thermometer under bedsheets, though), and were the rule in my family, so under a certain age any person who baby-sat me was probably supposed to take my temperature rectally (no recollections of that but it must have happened). Over that age (6 ?) I inserted the thermometer myself and this happened at my grandparents at least.