Just wondered what thermometer you use when a child is ill - what works best for you?
Thanks
Just wondered what thermometer you use when a child is ill - what works best for you?
Thanks
Clorogue
i don't use one!
don't have one in the house!
i used to have a forehead one, but found it useless. ( about 20 years ago )
everyone is slightly different, and once you know the child, you can see what is 'hot' for them! i just put the back of my hand on the childs back. Dr said that was fine, and i didn't need to know HOW hot a child was ( my own or minded ) ... either they were well, or ill, and usually a temp arrives with other symptons, as otherwise, why would you check temp?
Braun ThermoScan
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I have that one too. It's very good.
I have a hand and a phone to use to ring parents to collect hot children!
I use a digital one under the arm, I take normal temp so know if It's raised when I take temp when Poorly.
Braun Thermoscan here too. Its an 'in ear' thermometer and gives accurate readings in seconds, means you don't have to mess about with a strip of plastic on a wriggling two year olds head. Cost a lot but has been worth it's weight because parents don't argue with it.
Yes, thermoscan for me too.....
ive got nurofen digital one xx
I love my friends who live inside my laptop xx
Is this a safety requirement? Don't have one...
'It's never too late to have a happy childhood' ( Tom Robinson)
No as I believe it is not a safety requirement and i dont have one. Im not sure about taking other peoples childrens temperatures. If they are ill ring for them to be collected, you can tell if they are ill without a thermometer?
I've never had a thermometer for my own child, or anyone else's.
i do use digital thermometers. if a child is warm i want to know if their temp is 37 or 39 - I have had friends who have children with febrile convulsions and don't want that happening so i want to know how high it is so I can get permission and administer calpol if need be.
Also if you do have a parent who is tricky about picking up when their child is ill - telling them their child has a temp of 38 or more will make it harder for them to argue about coming.
if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got
I'm paranoid about temperatures as my DS was hospitalised at three months with Strep Pneumonia. His temperature rocketed in a very short space of time and when I was ringing doctors for an emergency appointment, they wanted to know exactly how hot he was (40.5 by the time we got to hospital ).
Therefore whenever a child is hot now I have to know just how hot. I do only have a digital thermomenter that I stick under their arm. It's adequate but was thinking of investing in an in ear type.
How interesting. My dd had the same thing at 3 months and I rang our GP who was at the house before I put the phone down. Our GPs and Health Visitor said not to bother with a thermometer because you know when a child has a temp and you respond it doesn't matter then if it is a degree over or 4 degrees you still need to take measures to reduce the temp.
Personally I have never kept Calpol in the house for mindees to use and I make this clear to all my parents. I can reduce a temp fairly rapidly without and the parents have to get to me as quickly as they can. If I feel it is more serious I would call an ambulance who have people who are trained to deal with a more serious episode.
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