[blparent] The kiss test. Re: thermometers

Tue Aug 17 20:40:13 UTC 2010

Hi,

There are also two spots on the neck where you can touch and tell if your 
child has a fever.

Tammy
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Subject: [blparent] The kiss test. Re: thermometers

> 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>
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> 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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