[blparent] Talking Thermometers

[Peggy]

Well good I'm glad I'm not crazy, I can always tell when my kids are sick, 
before I touch them, before I take a temp, sometimes before they even tell 
me, they have that smell to them, sighted people think I'm nuts, but I'm 
glad someone understands!!



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jennifer Jackson
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 9:12 AM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] Talking Thermometers

Like Peggy, I used mine a lot. Especially when my kids were younger. I like
to be able to keep track because two of my kids do this thing where they are
hot to the touch but have no fever. Now that they are older I trust my
instincts better, but when they were younger I liked being able to take the
temp and not just ignore the heat because they seemed fine otherwise. My
boys also regularly have fevers that spike up as high as 104 to 105. It
seems to be a common thing on their father's side as most of those cousins
do the same thing. With fevers that high it is important to track how long
it stays that high. Every kid is a little different, besides you will get
asked every time your child is sick about the temp and is nice to have an
answer even if an ice pack is more effective in treating a fever than a
thermometer.

Peggy, I do know that smell you mean. I have always thought of it as the
smell of being sick, but fever smell is probably more accurate.


Jennifer
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 12:27 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Talking Thermometers

I got mine from Beyond Sight.  Just Google that and the store will come up.
But you know, I really think the talking thermometer is overrated.  It's
good to have around, I guess, especially because everybody will ask you how
you will know if your child has a fever.  But my daughter is four and a
half, and I've never used the silly thing.  I know when my daughter has a
fever because--well, because she's warm to the touch.  And usually droopy
and whiny and clingy as well.  I've never found it necessary to know the
exact temperature she was at in degrees.  I'd probably still buy the talking

thermometer just to have it around in case, but trust me, you'll know.  And
if she has a fever high enough that it's an emergency, you'll probably
already be on your way to the pediatrician or the hospital because of other
symptoms.

Jo Elizabeth

I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's
brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and
died in cotton fields and sweatshops.--Stephen Jay Gould
-----Original Message----- 
From: Samara Raine
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:36 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Talking Thermometers

I know this topic has been covered before, but I figured I'd ask again.

I'm slowly stocking up on items I'm going to absolutely need when my baby is

born. Can any of you give me any suggestions as to talking thermometers you
find easy and accurate? Any links you can provide would be amazing, though
not essential.

Thanks so much for any help you can provide.

Samara
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