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Should we check child's temperature under their arm?
Should we check our child's temperature by measuring under the arm? This is how my mother used to do it for me, but it seems like everybody now checks a kid's temperature under-the-tongue.
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It can be done both ways. The younger child is usually axillary or otic. But a child that can hold the thermometer under the tongue would be more accurate. Add one degree for axillary temp.