Rectal temps when you were a kid

Yes. When I was not feeling well, it wasn't long before a hand was placed on my forehead and I was marched to my mom's bedroom and told to undress for my temperature.

I guess I was one of the “unlucky” ones. Even though I grew up in the “tail end” of the rectal temperature era my mother only took my rectal temp until age six. It was always on my tummy on a bed with my clothing pulled down to my knees.

Only when I was sick. But the 3 to 4 times a day...

I was child during a couple of childhood epidemics so it seemed my mother was regularly taking my temperature. The family doctor recommended

the rectal route as being the best. If we had visitors my mother would call out, "just a minute I am taking Peter's temperature, The visitors would peak into

the room and see me laying there with the thermometer being held in position.

I had it done 3 time by a nurse who had rounds every morning for 3 days after post surgery. I´ also had nurse come during the first night after surgery she tok the temperature gloved up and gave me a supositorie because of fever.I was around 5 years old.

I never had my temperature took that way even back in the 1960s

No they didn't take every opportunity. I only remember once or twice by a doctor at home and once or twice by my mother when I was ill. I remember thinking about it as being naughty and did it to myself in private it made my penis stick straight up towards my belly button and it still does today.