An ear thermometer sent Rita Ho-Bezzola's 1-year-old daughter into a crying fit when a nurse tried to take the little girl's temperature.
Afterward, Ho-Bezzola decided to buy a thermometer from a local CVS retailer and play pretend doctor with her child. Through that interaction, she said, her daughter learned how the tool would be used.
When the toddler returned to the doctor's office for a checkup six months later, the sight of a thermometer didn't upset her.