I was actually trying to figure out how to bring this up. When I was a kid, I knew of ONE way to take your temperature, in your mouth. I remember the new thing was ads on TV for a new baby thermometer that you stick in their ear; in the commercial they show a baby and the woman says 'you're tired, cranky, and now your mommy wants to take your temperature WHERE?' and it showed the baby close its mouth so I figured it went in the mouth. Now another one I read about was to take a baby's temperature, or I guess anybody's for that matter, by sticking a thermometer under their armpit, apparently that method didn't catch on.