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) .
These types of thermometers are some of the newest on the market, so the juryâs still out on the accuracy of their readings, but they can be used on a sleeping child. Oral thermometers are best for kids at least 4 years old who can safely hold a thermometer under their tongue for the time required to get an accurate reading. Under-the-arm (axillary) thermometers read the temperature in your child's armpit.