[blparent] blparent digest Talking Thermometers

[Star Gazer]

Also, 101 is the temp at which your kid gets an automatic in with the
doctor. It's ok to fudge the number a bit if you think your kid needs a
doctor's visit and the theremometer reads a little low. 
If you like the metric aspect, then you'll want a theremometer. Really
though you'll know when there is or is not a problem.


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 3:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] blparent digest Talking Thermometers

A talking thermometer is a good tool to have, but I just have to say, it's
usually made into way more of a big deal than it actually is.  One of the
many objections my family had to me keeping and raising my baby was the
whole issue of how I would take her temperature if she got sick.  Easily
resolved; I bought a talking thermometer and there was nowhere for that
argument to go.  But honestly, although I've used it a few times just to
check my intuition, I've always been able to tell when my daughter had a
fever just by the way she acted and the way her body felt.  The back of a
hand on the forehead pretty much lets you know when it's time to break out
the Tylenol, and when babies or kids get sick enough to see a doctor, you
won't need a thermometer to give you the news.  So get one, have it on hand
as a resource, but seriously, don't break the bank or obsess about it too
much.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Clark
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 1:01 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blparent] blparent digest Talking Thermometers

I have a couple infrared talking thermometers I bought on Amazon. The one I
have is a Sanomedic non-contact talking thermometer, but it doesn't look
like that specific one is available anymore, at least not on Amazon. But
there are a couple of others on Amazon now that sound similar (though I
cannot vouch for their quality since I have never used them).
Healthsmart 18-935-000 Digiscan Multi-function Infrared Thermometer
or:
Mobi Technologies DualScan Ultra Thermometer

I like infrared ones because they can work just by touching it to the
forehead, so you can check a child's temperature while they are sleeping
without disturbing them.

Another one I found on Amazon (but the seller is MaxiAids) which is not an
infrared one so it has a probe is:
Talking Fast Reading Digital Clinical Thermometer but it seems to have good
reviews. I also have one that works like this, and it may be this one, and
if so, it seems accurate.

Sarah




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