As a new parent you may be confused about which thermometer to buy especially because there are so many types of thermometers available in India. Most of us have grown up with the mercury-based ones that our parents stuck under our tongue for what seemed like forever. Sometimes my parents also used the mercury thermometer to take axillary temperature (armpit). I also remember them struggling to read the mercury level by squeezing their eyelids and holding it against the light and even asking me to take a look when I was old enough. So why should you not get the