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02-10-2010, 06:48 PM
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| Believer In All Possibilities       Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Between the Ocean and Mountains.
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| My Cheap Thermometer Sucks BG is 24mos. She has a stuffy nose but seems to be doing fine other than that. I'm using a saline nasal spray on her to try to help her ability to breathe which will determine how much sleep she gets..... Anyway, she feels a bit warm. I'm not big into medicating, esp. fevers. But I'm not confident in my thermometer. I tested it under my arm and it came up 96.3 and in my mouth it was 97.3 When I took BG's temp under her arm it came back as 98.0, she can't breathe through her nose and I don't think she's old enough for it to be in her mouth anyway. So about how far off do you think my thermometer is? I don't want to drag her out in search of a decent thermometer given that at this point she's only slightly sick. Any guesses? I'm pretty confident this is a low grade fever. She is playful and mostly normal in her behavior aside from a bit of clinginess which I am loving her through. And I'll also take suggestions for a better thermometer.  |
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02-10-2010, 06:55 PM
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| self evident          Join Date: Apr 2008
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| ive never owned a thermometer. both my kids have survived  one well into her 20's.sorrry the little isn't feeling well 
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02-10-2010, 06:58 PM
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| I cannot live without books.    Join Date: Apr 2008
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| A fever is good....99% of all kids you will know if they have a high temperature. By the way it seems to me your thermometer is right on. Under the arm you have to add a degree.
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02-10-2010, 07:19 PM
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I've always let the very few fevers she's had so far run their course. I'm a mom of only one though, so I tend to sometimes be a bit more unsure because I am continuously in uncharted waters for me. | ||
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02-10-2010, 07:28 PM
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| I cannot live without books. Join Date: Apr 2008
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| I know I was once a mom of only 1. You are doing fine. Really their body language is more of indicator of a high fever then anything else.
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