[blparent] talking thermometers?

Mon Apr 2 17:58:26 UTC 2012

        I have never heard of anybody doing a rectal temp these days.
Maybe it was done a long time ago when houses weren't as well heated and thermometers weren't as accurate?

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tammy
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 1:04 PM
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Hi,

I never did rectal temps either for that very reason.  Lucky for us Ashlyn
loves having her temperature taken.  Everytime one of us has to  take ours,
and that's lots lately with Paul being ill again,  she squeels until we take
hers too.

Tammy
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From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 12:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] talking thermometers?

I read about taking the rectal temperature in the parenting course, but I
never resorted to it because when you have a sick, cranky baby anyway, and
then you think about doing something like taking the diaper off, holding the
poor baby down, and sticking a thermometer where you wouldn't want it to go
yourself--I just never attempted it.  That infrared thermometer sounds
awesome.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "sharon howerton" <shrnhow at att.net>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] talking thermometers?

> I recently purchased an infrared thermometer through Blind Treasures. I do
> not have infants any more-they are long since grown-but the one I have
> measures temperature almost instantly by just touching a part of the body.
> One can also check room temperature. Other talking thermometers I've had
> are very slow. In the parenting course I teach for Hadley, we suggest the
> rectal temp as well, but a nurse friend said absolutely not. So in my
> opinion, whatever works.
> Sharon Howerton, Instructor
> The Hadley School for the Blind
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> From: "Peggy" <pshald at neb.rr.com>
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> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:49 AM
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>
>> Personally I never found the ear nor the forhead ones to be very acurate.
>> Maybe it was the case of you have to be smarter than the thermometer ...
>> I always just bought a regular one and took the temp under his/her arm.
>> Keeping in mind under the arm you add a degree.  I don't think in my
>> search of thermometers I've ever seen a rectal one.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tay Laurie
>> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 1:25 AM
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>> Subject: [blparent] talking thermometers?
>>
>>    Hi everyone,
>>
>> I know there are talking oral/axillary thermometers, but for an infant,
>> of course, the most accurate method is up the bottom. Are there any
>> talking rectal thermometers out there, and if so, where can they be
>> found? If not, is it ok to use an ear thermometer, and if so, do talking
>> ones exist, and where can they be found?
>> Thanks for any help you can give. We're going to start stocking up on
>> things we'll need.
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