When I was growing up it was always rectal temperatures for me. Mom was a firm believer in taking this way. She took mine and all my older sisters rectal temperatures using a glass rectal thermometer with a silver pear-shaped bulb.
As all my older sisters all grew up, mom taught each of them how to take rectal temperatures on each other. Mom gave each of them a box of glass rectal thermometers with the silver pear-shaped bulb, and each let them practice privately together in their rooms as a group. Mom was with them at the beginning, but once she saw how they were perfecting their own unique procedures, she let them practice on their own. I remember many times walking past each sister's room with the door closed and hearing giggling and laughing. I never knew what they were doing behind the closed doors.
As the youngest, and the only male child in the family, mom thought it would be a great idea for all my sisters to practice their rectal temperature training time on me. She thought it would be a great learning experience. She said it would “helpful process" each sister could use when they had their own children when they were older. One day, mom asked me if it was okay if all my older sisters could practice taking my rectal temperature in my bottom with the glass rectal thermometer. Mom told me that she taught each of my sisters how to be gentle and caring while they were taking my rectal temperature just like she was when she took it.
I then told mom that all my older sisters can practice taking my rectal temperature in my bottom with the glass rectal thermometer. Mom hugged me and said that she would give me a lollipop each time that one of my older sisters took my rectal temperature. She said that she would keep them in a container separate from the other family snacks. I reached out to hug mom. She then whispered in my ear that I was being a good little boy and thanked again me for helping all my older sisters.
So, it soon began when my rectal temperature was taken almost every day numerous times by all of my older sisters. As each rectal temperature taking practice session continued, each sister would alternate being the primary rectal temperature taker, and the other sisters would be there watching her procedure. Each would watch and take notes in the notebook that mom gave to all of them. Sometimes mom would be there watching the sessions as each sister took my rectal temperature with the glass rectal thermometer.
For all the sessions, I was undressed to my underwear-shorts. From there, I was told to climb up on my bed and lay on my tummy with my arms at my side. From there, the older sister that was going to take my rectal temperature would lower my underwear to or below my knees. There were several times when my underwear-shorts were completely removed. This process varied with each sister. One of my older sisters is left-handed, so her rectal temperature taking process, differed slightly from my other older sisters. When she took my rectal temperature, she was always on the opposite side of the bed.
After my rectal temperature procedure was done by one of my sisters, there was a discussion time. Each sister would voice their thoughts on what they had viewed. If it was something that couldn't be resolved, mom would be told about it and make the final decision. Usually anything that was brought up was mutually agreed on and documented in the notebook that mom had created. Mom had developed a detailed notebook for all my rectal temperature checks. If something that was thought to be useful, mom always said to put it in the notebook for future references. She told each sister to document every rectal temperature session.
Mom also told the nurses at the clinic, that she and all my older sisters always took my rectal temperature at home. She had asked that a note be put in my records requesting that the nurses always take my temperature in my bottom with a glass rectal thermometer. The receptionists said that all the nurses were already taking my all their patient's temperature in their bottom with glass rectal thermometers with the silver pear-shaped bulb. She said it was always a standard procedure at the clinic, and a preferred method by all the nurses and doctors. The clinic nursing staff thought the notebook was a great idea and recommended the process to all their patient's parents. Mom always brought the notebook to the clinic for all my physical checkups and sick visits.