throw away your themometer! Read the child, not the themometer. If your baby is acting cold, put a blanket/sweater on. If your baby is acting sick, give some Advil or Tylenol. My sister is an ER nurse and they NEVER read the themometer, but go by how the child is acting. If you see your child acting very sick, even after a bit of fever reducers, then a visit to the doctor is good. We can become obsessed with that themometer, and I am super guilty of it too...this is basically the same thing my sister would tell me....and has many times. lol