Tommee Tippee thermometer
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Topic: Tommee Tippee thermometer
Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Subject: Tommee Tippee thermometer
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 8:15pm
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I hate this thing. Trying to get Hannah sit still for 1 minute with it jammed under her armpit is near impossible!!
Anyway. She had her 3 months imms yesterday and her puncture wound is a bit red and swollen. She's slept 5.5 hours today (2 x 2.5 hour naps + 30mins) and has been really happy. She's not grizzly at all, but her temp (according to the thermometer) is 36.8. My question is, who has one of these and still has the instruction book thingy (or a memory of what it says..). DH and I have an idea that you should add .3 of a degree to the final reading when taking an in-the-armpit reading... 37.1 is still in the normal range of temps, but it's higher than what she was this morning (36.7 with the .3 added to it). Thanks 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 8:48pm
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will be interested in answer here ..we have one too..and used one at preschool...we never added .3 havent heard of that...why is that? and 37.1 is perfectly fine.. in bigger kids we didn't worry till 38(and it beeped at fever) as long as shes bright and happy when awake I wouldn't worry:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 9:25pm
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On the back of our thermometer it says ...
Underarm readings are typically .5 degrees below oral and 1 degree below rectal ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 9:49pm
So that would make it 37.3
So she's OK, considering she's had recent imms. Thanks
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www.kidshealth.org wrote:Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 9:50pm
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I always just go by what the thermometer itself reads, without adding anything to it. When we've had the crazy-high, straight to the Dr temps, their ear thermometers were pretty much the same readings as what we'd had underarm.
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 9:53pm
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I agree r.e. the ridiculousness of trying to keep bubs still long enough to take their temp! Its blimmin annoying when they're really sick and you're trying to check their temp without disturbing them at night too.
Ear thermometers are so much quicker and easier than having to strip and pin them down for a minute or more! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 10:12pm
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ok i find the underarm ones easier than josh's ear one unless my boys temp is normally 25-30 hahaha he always moves his head before i get a reading and im too scared to hold it too hard to his ear. -------------   
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