We just got one of those thermometers that you just scan across the person's forehead and it is AMAZING!!! When Emily was born, we go an ear thermometer, but it is fussy and not always accurate! It also doesn't work as well on adults for some reason (bigger ear holes?). We often had to get a few readings and figure out an average. It is stressful when you are already worried about your steaming hot fever baby/kid! We got the temporal artery thermometer today and it is very easy and accurate! It was pretty affordable too! I looked at a few reviews before I registered for one at Babys R Us and Target. The one I chose is called Exergen TemporalScanner 2000C... It is $50 at Babys are Us and a nice $35 at Target.com. It will be worth every penny! You can swipe it across the forehead or if their forehead is sweaty, you can just place the scanner behind the ear on the neck and it scans perfectly there too! I keep scanning myself and my husband. I will torture Emily with it when she wakes up tomorrow! When you go to choose a thermometer, you really need to consider one of these!
I will have to keep playing with it to be sure of its amazing-ness! What would happen if I scan our dog? My science teacher brain is always looking for experiments! I have already noticed that you can just aim it at the air and it will basically tell you the room temperature with some accuracy! What a nerdy mom I am!
Aren't we lucky that in this day and age, our generation does not have to experience placing a glass bulb thermometer in a baby's butt??? I can't believe people used to do that! Eek! Its bad enough seeing the vet do that to our dog! They need to invent a doggy thermo-scanner! Poor Molly Dog just stands there with that awkward sort of humiliated look on her face while the vet checks her temperature. I have to look away every time!
Tomorrow I will tell you about the new bottles we got for baby #2
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