My DC is 19 months, he generally is a hot child I know this from how he feels (His dad is the same and HATES the heat). He gets warmer after eating, when he's tired and when he's been upset and cools down over night or if he (rarely!) sits still. I know all this from the general feel of him.
My good friend is a nurse. I was round hers yesterday when she took her DC's temp and I was a bit take aback as I presumed that meant she thought they were ill so wouldn't have gone round but she said she does it every day to keep a look out for infection and Covid.
She seemed surprised that I don't regularly take DC's temp. She took his while we were there and it was 37.6 which she said was a bit high but fine if he is a warm kid anyway and his temp normally runs in the 37s. I have no real idea if he does, just that he's normally warm and he didn't feel hot hot.
He's not poorly or anything, didn't appear unwell etc so I would have had no reason to check but she's made me feel really irresponsible now for not really knowing. I tend to go by how he is in himself and if he has any symptoms. He's had a proper fever twice in his life and I've recognised this immediately and then taken his temperature and treated it (I'm talking 39).
So as not to dripfeed, I suffer with health anxiety and it used to be very bad, but I'm managing it well now despite the pandemic, so I try to steer clear of things like taking a temperature all the time as I know I'll get obsessed with the numbers and any brief fluctuation up a bit higher than it should be or lower etc.
Do you all take temps regularly? Do you know your DC's 'number' on the thermometer?