Savvy Statin Shopping. Let's go shopping. This edition of Staying Well focuses on how to be a savvy shopper in choosing a statin for your patients, a timely issue in light of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) new simvastatin warnings.
From around 18 months old, your toddler will probably hold a brush or pen with her whole hand, and make her marks by moving her arms around (Thomson Delmar Learning 2007) . It won't be until your child is three years or older that she'll be able to hold a pencil in the writing position (Thomson Delmar Learning 2007) .
1 If you use another type of thermometer to take a young child's temperature and you're in doubt about the results, take a rectal temperature. 2  4 years and older. 3  By age 4, most kids can hold a digital thermometer under the tongue for the short time it takes to get a temperature reading. A rectal temperature provides the best readings for children up to age 3. 2  In this age range you can also use a digital thermometer to take an armpit temperature, a temporal artery thermometer or a digital pacifier thermometer. 3  However, wait until your baby is at least 6 months old to use a digital ear thermometer.