My apologies for being unclear about my research... Most of the reading I did before and upon getting my BP was not in this forum. After I found this forum I read a TON of info but still had questions, which is why I posted.
Also, I clarified in another reply that I have both a thermostat and thermometers. RESEARCH taught me that I needed both so that's what I got when I brought him home.
Respectfully, please stop responding to my post. Everyone else here has been helpful, if a little curt. You however have had nothing to offer but disdain. As I tell my second graders, if you can't be kind or helpful or both, please stop talking.