Temperature taking by mom without decent reason

I heard about about moms who are very overprotective, and always think their child must be ill. Do you have any stories about your mom, when she took your temperature "just out of the blue"? If yes, what was her reason? For example, look pale, etc.

When she heard that your school has flu epidemic, but you was not sick, she took your temperature anyway? Or when one of your friend was sick, so you must be checked because yesterday you were hanging out together. Last thing, did this thing continued later when you were teen?

Mom took mine quier a few times with no major reason.

She said a few times why don't you go out and play. I said I felt tired , and didn't want to. She said you have been listless since you came home from school, you know we should check your temperature. No I said , I 'm OK , not sick.She said well lets be sure and check anyway. She made me pull my pants and underwear down right there in the kitchen and bend over a chair. I was 14 , and very embarrassed.

Actually, I experienced this when I was around 4 or 5 years old, with all of the childhood illnesses at the time. I wasn't too happy about it. Fortunately, I was spared having it done after that. I had friends whose moms were staunch believers in rectal temps. well into the teen years, and often for no apparent reason, or so it seemed. But we're talking about the late 60's, early 70's, when pediatric wards were still taking rectal temps., even on young adults. So, it makes sense that rectal temps. were "the way to go," for decades, based on what moms across the world had grown up with. Today's moms have been taught that it's completely inappropriate, if not abusive.

I can understand how mothers would have held on to the ideas that were taught by their mothers and the wish to do the best they could for their children. What I don't understand is how supposedly intelligent doctors would both use and teach that rectal was best.

It was not only my mom but maybe above all it was actually my dad who were acting very overprotective. Mostly it was him who initiated a temptaking. And his inventiveness for taking my temperature had no limits.

Maybe I had no appetite, I was looking pale, my chins were blushing, I was tired, I didn´t want to go out playing, I was acting too lively or they simply discussed the matter and descided it was best for me to have my temp taken just to be sure everything is all right with me.

So nine times of ten my temp was probably taken witout a decent reason I would say.

I really can’t remember my temperature being taken by my parents for no reason. Most of the time it was taken, except a couple of instances, I had a fever. Of course, at the doctor’s office, even on a routine check up my temperature was always taken, and always rectally.

Yes that happened randomly when growing up and it still does. It's weird but I'm used to it.

My parents took my temperature when I looked pale, or had a red face/eyes, no appetite, being too long in the water/after visiting the waterpark, or before visiting the pediatrician . Most of the times my temperature was normal or slightly elevated.

When I was ill, my temperature was measured 2 or 3 times a day bit more days than I showed symptoms. To be honest, for me it was a normal process, when I looked ill or don't feel well, the thermometer will regularly be pushed in my bum.

When there was the swine flu 2010, I was 12/13, my temperature was taken very often in the evening. Luckily I never suffered from swine flu...

If I still were a child/teen, my temperature would be measured regularly during the current pandemic, too.

This has never happened to me. When I felt warm during my infant and toddler years, my rectal temperature was take..

I'm actually aware of this, outside of my own experiences. My daughter's friend had high fever spikes when she was growing up. She was also prone to seizures on occasion. My daughter once told me about a time that she witnessed her friend's mom call her daughter into the room, to randomly check her temperature, (with the door closed). After her friend left the room, she complained how she hated having her temperature taken in her butt.

Because of this covid I often have RT at home now. My mom is a "bit" over-anxious.

@Matthew2000 lucky you 😉

I often received a rectal temperature if I looked sick, or if I was "fussy" and needed motherly attention. I was never given any choice. The standard procedure was for me to be on mom's bed with my pants and underwear at my knees. She would sit next to me, and shake down the thermometer, followed by her dipping the end into a jar of vaseline. Then my bottom would be spread and the thermometer firmly inserted.

That brings up the question, what do sexually frustrated mothers do now that RT is less often excusable?

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Thank you for your reply, can you tell me more, at what age was this method used on you? Just as little, or later as teen? Never complained about, or your what was your mom reaction when it turned out you didn't have fever?

I don't remember it happening for no reason at all. There was usually at least a suspicion of fever before the thermometer came out.

Yes that happened randomly when growing up and it still does. It's weird but I'm used to it.

Are you saying you still live at home and your mom still does this as an adult?

Mom always took it if one of the nine of us was sick. If you got sent home from school it was rectal temp. If we looked pale or were cranky it was a rectal temp.

My mom was a pediatric nurse who always took our temps rectally. It was embarrassing as we got older, but we sill got it in our developing behinds!

Yes but by my aunt who was a nurse for a pediatrician and babysat me often. Whenever their was a bug or flu going around it was a given I would end up face down on the bed with a thermometer in my tushy as she called it every time she watched me for mom.