Stupid ear thermometer!

Aidyn's poor health saga continues. After the day he had yesterday I had already decided he was not going to school today & I am so glad I did! He woke up having major breathing problems and was feeling very warm. I cannot tell you what his temperature is (read below) but I did give him some Motrin and he seems to be feeling better.

I realize that part of being a good mom is always having a thermometer for when your kids get sick & I honestly have a good excuse. Well its not really that "good" of an excuse but its the truth so it should count for something, lol

So here it is...I lost it. Seriously I have literally looked everywhere (well obviously not everywhere otherwise I would have it) and I cannot find it! I have the worst luck with thermometers and always seem to loose them. I have even had Aidyn flush one down the toilet when he was 3, lol

Knowing I would need a new one, I had Paul buy one on his way home from work last night. We both had the bright idea of getting one of those fancy shamncy ones that go in the ear. I figured since my kids HATE putting the normal kind in their mouths and I have to resort to taking it in their armpit, the ear one would be perfect. I mean having a reading in ONE second sounds awesome right? Wrong!

I should have figured it would be a bad idea to try & put something in Aidyn's ear. He refuses to let me clean them out & it is not uncommon for him to have gross nasty wax oozing out. (ewwww) Add to that the fact that he has a double ear infection & has been complaining they hurt for the past few days and trying to put something in his ear is a recipe for disaster.

The first time he started to let me put it in his ear but he freaked out before I could even get close to the opening. After about 5 minutes of me trying to coax him, I had the bright idea of letting him do it. Great I am thinking, how nice would it be if he could take his own temperature?

Here's how it went...

• Just put it in your ear sweetie
• What if it hurts?
• It won't hurt & its really quick so just do it bug-a-boo (that's my little nickname for him)
• I'm still scared it will hurt.
• I promise it won't hurt
• But what if I go too far & it touches brain?
• There is no way it can touch your brain. Look how small the part that goes in your ear is. There is no way it can reach all the way into your head & touch your brain.
• Your right it is small! What if it falls off and then falls into my brain? You wouldn't want that to happen would you?
• No of course not. I promise, promise it will NOT fall off and touch your brain. Please just put it in your ear
• I am too scared to do it myself
• Ok are you sure you do not want me to do it for you? I will be extra careful
• NO I don't trust you!
• Fine, would you rather have daddy do it? He works with tools and small stuff all day so I know he will do a good job
• Those are tools mom, NOT a creepy thermometer
• Ok how about Madi? Do you want her to give it a try? I bet she would be good at it since she has little ears too
• No way!
• Well if you do not want anyone else to do it for you, then you HAVE to do it yourself. It is important to make sure your fever is not too high so put it in your ear already & we can be done
• Stop yelling at me (honestly I wasn't yelling, I just raised my voice a little bit)

Finally out of frustration I had to resort to drastic measures....

• If you do not put it in your ear right now, I will go borrow our neighbors baby kind & you know where that has to go right? The BUTT, so the choice is yours. Put this one in your ear & be done in 1 second or have the baby kind be put in your butt.

I have never seen him move so fast in his life! And after all of that he didn't do it right & the stupid thing said his temperature was only 93.6! Oh well I guess its back to using the digital kind

#28 how Aidyn spent this morning. Hanging out in mom & dads room playing PSP


I really tried to get him to smile but because he was not feeling good, he refused. The only way I got this shot was because I said the one word guaranteed to make him laugh..."nipple". Worked like a charm