Rectal thermometer gives me the creeps too.. I would not even think of having one in my house when my kids were small. I learned how to tell fevers by touch.... I think if i touched their feet with the back of my wrist and their feet were warm, meant they had a fever.,.. I would also touch them on their cheek with my lips and if warm, they had a fever...

I too rememeber the enemas.... God..... I cringe thinking of them....mother was obsessed with giving enemas.... ooo those red things with long hoses.......if I see those, i freak and get sick to my stomach.. they had to hold me down on the tables... I guess I give them a big fight when they pulled out the table and red thing.. ...THMUMBS DOWN FOR enemas..