Rectal temps when you were a kid

When you were a kid, did your parents take every opportunity to take your rectal temperature?

@Kenw

I have indicated in several posts that my mother was somewhat over protective and used to take my temperature every time she thought I looked tired or sick, so that must have been about once a month.

She was allways very gentle and soft as she did it and she used to tell me stories during the three minutes we had to wait. So I did enjoy those moments, my only worry being that I really had a temperature and she would call the doctor, my greatest fear at this time.

I never got an enema when I was a kid, nor later.

It always seemed like I had to go to the doctors office often when I was just a couple years old. And at home, when I found myself in a certain surrounding, or being layed on my back with my legs raised, I got very nervous. I hated these two things because it was always accompanied with intense discomfort up my rear. By the time I was 18 months old, I knew when I was about to get a thermometer stuck up my butt. There was a particular nurse that always did it at the children's clinic. When I saw her raising my legs, I started whimpering. At home, if I was laying on mom's bed with my legs raised, I also started whimpering. I hated rectal thermometers up until I was about 4, then it seemed like they weren't as uncomfortable. Or I just got use to having it done.

When I was young and I wanted to stay at home from school because I felt sick, I always had to check my rectal temperature. I knew that my mother always took the rectal thermometer and some Vaseline and put the thermometer inside me to check if I had a fever before she let me stay at home. So there were no chance to fake being sick.

When I was a kid, but I had many RT taken.

No... my parents only took my rectal temp when I was feverish

My Mom took my rectal temp whenever I showed signs of being sick. Whenever I was sick enough to be kept home from school she would give me a hot soapsuds enema every morning until I was better.

I remember a lot more rectal temps than enemas. I can remember my temp being taken at home, at the doctors office, and at school from the school nurse.

Every pediatrician visit until I was seven.

As i recall, I would say that I got at least one rectal temp a month as a kid, either from my mom, school nurse or at the doctor's office.

Sounds about what I would get though from mom or gram, also took your rectal temp before an enema. So i used to get an RT every week or so, as to I seemed to get an enema about once a week too. Till I was in my teen's then the enemas seemed to taper off.

Yeah, it felt that way for me because my mom would take mine quite a lot, never got an enema as a kid though.

It was standard procedure before the doctor came in at the pediatrician. I would fight to push it out while laying on my belly with my underwear slid down. The nurse would catch it and slip it back in deep. After about the second time of this she just held it in.

NO. Not at all. My mother used the "kiss the forehead" method of taking our temperatures. She could tell if we had a fever.

I was never given an enema and only had rectal temps until I was old enough to hold an oral thermometer when I was about four or five.

Never remember having that done to me at all. I knew from hearing stories that it happened to other kids, but I never remember having experienced this myself. If I had, i would probably have died of sheer embarrassment back then ...

My temp was taken with an oral thermometer, under the tongue ... and for some reason I felt that to be enough humiliation as it would usually precede the whole being sick routine, during which I´d be treated as if my last days on earth were nigh ... as if feeling ill wasn´t bad enough, there was that depressing aspect ... the ultra serious worried looks they thought I didn´t notice, solicitous pampering and the constant checking ...

Looking back i'd have to say my brother got the thermometer more than i did. i wish there were more times i could remember having my temperature taken in my bottom.

In my generation we got plenty of both. Our moms would talk about some kid being "out of sorts" and needing an enema. Seems like I ended up getting one too.

I only had my temperature taken when it was pretty clear I was ill. I don't recall ever receiving an enema but may have when I was very young.

Sure seemed that way growing up. Mom was always concerned that I might be coming down with something and checking for a fever was her first reaction to a sniffle or complaint. Temps were taken rectally at the doctor's office by the nurse. I'd already be down to underwear when she came in, so it was turn over and lower my shorts to my knees for the thermometer.

At home I'd lower my PJs or underpants to my knees when it was announced that it was time to check my temperature. When sick, this happened about three times a day, first thing in the morning and last thing at night, with one or two checks during the day if I was running a fever.

If mom took off my bottoms after inserting the thermometer I knew that meant I was due for an enema afterwards. I could count on a rectal temp every time before an enema when sick.

The thermometer greased the way for the enema nozzle and I liked that. Mom put Vaseline on the bulb and on the rectal tip, but didn't grease my butt prior to insertion.

My Dad certainly did to me and my brothers until we left home😃

Looking back now, I'd have to say yes.

There were frequent enemas from mom, often with my grandmother there. And it seemed as if every time I sneezed or coughed I was getting my panties pulled down to get my temperature taken rectally.

At the time I didn't know any other routine, and it was just "standard practice". Seemed as if I was always getting something (enema nozzle, thermometer) put into my hiney hole. I don't think kids these days get the same treatment at all, and perhaps that's for the best. But, on the other hand, they don't know what they are missing. 😉

C.

Growing up in the 50's enemas, rt's were the daily subject especially in our home. Mother as far back as I can remember gave me weekly enemas and rt' s. It didn't matter if grandma, auntie or neighbors were there, she proceeded as if no one was around. So, I grew very fond of the nozzle from an early age to adulthood. Love everything associated with enemas and anal play.

When I seemed ill my temperature was checked. It was always rectal, at least till I was 7. Didn't know there was another way till the doctor switched to oral...then my mom did as well. Enemas much less frequently. But very soon after my mom tapered off, I discovered them for myself and made up for any deficiency on the part of caregivers.

~ rayme

While I got RTs until a later age than most, it was generally only when I was definitely sick (verification after back of hand to the forehead). I probably got them more often playing doctor than I did for real. :-) Never got enemas as a kid, and only got suppositories for one illness that I can recall anyway.

My childhood was something like rayme's. I got rts when very young and oral later. I also got enemas when sick. When I got older they stopped coming from mom, but since she took them often the bag was always available and I began to take (sneak) them myself. Those became erotic and have continued to this day.

Not really. Got RT's as a small child until I could hold one under my tongue. Only got a few as a small child and had a day when I got 4 or 5 enemas due to severe constipation.

When I was a kid, anytime I was sick, didn't "look well" or felt warm, or was at the doctor or hospital I was instructed to undo my pants (if I was wasn't in my pajamas) and lie on my belly on the nearest flat surface (bed, exam table, sofa) and "hold still like a good boy", at which point my underwear or pajamas were pulled down and a vaseline tipped thermometer was inserted in my rear end for 3-5 minutes. I had my rectal temperature taken until I was 11 or 12 years old after which I started to take it myself, when my fetish started to take hold of me, first with thermometer shaped objects, then once I could afford it I bought my own thermometer. My family almost never did enemas and I never had enemas as a kid but as my fetish took hold I became more and more interested in them, getting aroused in the drug store when I saw the fleets or bags there or at my friends houses. In my early teens, I started with fleets because I could get rid of the "evidence". Once i could afford it and had a good hiding place, I did graduate to a bag.

I don't ever remember having my temp taken rectally. I saw one of my siblings once though and that was what got me interested. As for enemas I had never heard of one until a relative mentioned he had been given one in hospital, even then I was not sure why!.

My two sisters and I got rectal temps taken until we were maybe 7 or 8 and mom could be assured that we would keep the oral thermometer under our tongue. While enemas were a much more private thing, temps were not. Any of us could observe the other lying face down with the thermometer sticking out of their butt. The natural question if there was a fever was will you be giving X an enema? The usual answer was yes.

Oh yeal...lol...Mother is a nurse and I got my temp taken with a rectal thermometer as a child and even when I was a teen. Also got suppositories as a teenager and I have been given lots of enemas (with a bag and bulb) since I could remember-even as an adult my mom has given me enemas. When I was backed up for a few days she would give me a suppository to start to get things moving followed by soapy and clear water enemas. This ALWAYS took care of constipation and I would have to sit on the potty for a while and It felt so good!