[blparent] The kiss test. Re: thermometers

[Allie]

And then there's the kiss test. When I kiss Gabbie on the forehead I can 
usually tell if she has a fever.

-- Allie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] thermometers


> Hi,
>
> Yeah like I said, I rarely use my thermometer, but when I do I use the 
> forehead even for Colyn who's 5.  It's just easier then using the ear even 
> though the thermometer doesn't actually go inside the ear canal.
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] thermometers
>
>
>> Hi,
>> Nope, they still do not recommend ear or anal thermometers.
>> Wal-Mart sells a talking forehead one that I posted to this list a while
>> back, if someone still has that info, they can post it.
>> IMO the only reason to have a thermometer is to let the doctor  know the
>> exact temp if they are sick, and the doc wants to know.  I have no 
>> trouble
>> telling if my kid is running a fever, and I am guessing most parents are
>> that way.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Melissa Ann Riccobono
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 2:56 PM
>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] thermometers
>>
>> I've heard they don't recommend using an ear thermometer when a baby is 
>> less
>> than a year old.  You may want to check on this though; I heard it when 
>> my
>> son was born, and he's now three.  I've heard very good things about
>> forehead thermometers, but they aren't accurate sometimes either...  I 
>> guess
>> nothing is perfect.
>> Melissa
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 2:23 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] thermometers
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> there are a couple of good thermometers, one is an oral rectal under the 
>> arm
>>
>> one, and the other one  is an ear/forehead thermometer.  You can buy both
>> from www.speaktomecatalog.com I prefer the ear thermometer because it 
>> only
>> takes a second to take a tempreture and therefore doesn't require holding 
>> on
>> or in difficult parts of
>>
>> a sick and cranky baby.
>>
>> hth
>>
>> Tammy
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "sharon howerton" <shrnhow at att.net>
>> To: "blparent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 1:01 PM
>> Subject: [blparent] thermometers
>>
>>
>>> Hi, all!
>>> I have a student who is expecting in December who asked about a good
>>> talking baby thermometer. Can anyone advise?
>>>
>>> And for Denny, welcome! I teach a Parenting series for blind and 
>>> visually
>>> impaired parents through the Hadley School. You may want to consider
>>> enrolling with us and taking the Preparation course as it will give you 
>>> a
>>> lot of information not only for blind parents but for general 
>>> development.
>>
>>> There are two other courses in the series, Infancy and Early Years. The
>>> courses are free and available in Braille or cassette. We have not 
>>> gotten
>>> to the point of putting this course in digital format yet, but a lot of
>>> students send their lessons by email which can speed things up
>>> considerably. If you would like more information, please contact me
>>> through Hadley at
>>> howerton at hadley.edu
>>> or by phone at 800-323-4238.
>>> Congratulations to you and your wife and thanks to all for your help.
>>> Sharon
>>>
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