We visited my kids’
pediatrician a few weeks ago for their regular well baby check up and for their
flu vaccines. It is advised by doctors
that children and adults alike get flu shots before the flu season, which also
happens during the rainy season. That
means getting the vaccines between February to June. “The flu vaccine
will prevent one from getting sick, including the chance of contracting any of
the other significant complications, or at least help reduce the severity of
the illness” according
to Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy, program manager of the Department of Health’s
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Program.
My kids’ pediatrician
advised me to give the kids paracetamol in case they run a fever. I’m glad that both of my kids don’t usually
get fevers after being vaccinated. The
same thing happened a few weeks ago.
This reminded me of a
product that I would recommend to Moms and Dads, especially to those who have
small children – the Safety 1st No Touch Thermometer. I think that having a reliable thermometer at
home is essential for all households. I
also recommend that families bring this thermometer with them when they go out
on trips or vacations. Having this kind
of thermometer would be a big help especially if you have active little kids
whose temperatures are hard to get when they are awake because of constant
movement or simply because they do not like to use the thermometer. This thermometer has helped me and my husband
a lot of times when we needed to find out or monitor our children’s temperature
and they were busy playing or running around.
Having a reliable thermometer during outings or trips prevents false
alarms which are usually the result of checking someone’s temperature by hand
only. When you use this thermometer, you
will know right away if someone needs to take a medicine or not, rest for a
while or continue enjoying your activities.
Let me share some of the
product features of this thermometer that my family and I love.
·
The user will know right away if the one
whose temperature was taken have a fever or not. This is made possible by the happy and sad
face icon that is displayed. The happy
face icon means that there’s no fever and no reason for alarm. The sad face means that the person whose
temperature was taken has fever. My
eldest son loves this feature. So do I
and our helpers. It takes the guesswork
out of reading thermometers. We don’t
need to stress anymore about trying to remember at what temperature we need to
give a medicine to the baby/child every time we need to check their
temperature.
·
It enables us to get the temperature of the
kids easily. Even my eldest son has
learned how to use it on me, his Dad or his baby brother. The thermometer makes a beep and the LED will
flash when you position it correctly a few inches from the forehead.
·
You can get the temperature of kids and
adults alike using this thermometer within 1 second. This feature works best for kids who can’t be
still for long periods. This was our challenge
before when we use the traditional thermometers. My kids get impatient. They start moving and fidgeting even before
the required time for taking their temperature is over. Thus, we need to measure their temperature
several times. With Safety 1st’
No Touch Thermometer, this problem has been solved. It saved us a lot of time.
·
It’s convenient to use. It has memory recall function of up to 10
temperature readings. I remember when my
first born son was still a little over one year old and he got sick of amoebiasis. He had fever for days and a number of times, he
had high fever. We would list down his
temperature readings sometimes as we monitor his condition. Too bad, we didn’t have this thermometer
then.
·
It can be used to check a sleeping child’s
temperature without waking up the child.
Based on our experience, the short beeping sound is not loud enough to
wake our kids when we need to check their temperatures at night. This is a big help for parents who are most
often sleep-deprived when their kids are sick.
We surely do not want a sleeping sick child to wake up in the middle of
the night just to get his/her temperature because sometimes it takes a while
before we can soothe the child and put him/her back to sleep. This is a big plus for me because I know that
sleep is very valuable to anyone who is sick.
·
This thermometer has auto-shut off feature,
too. So, you get to save on battery
life. This is most useful on days or
nights when parents are already tired or sleepy watching over sick babies.
·
It can be used to measure the temperature of
food and drinks or bath water as well.
One common practice is to check the temperature by feeling the water or
the side of the food or drink container by hand. These are not accurate however. So, having this thermometer can be very handy
whenever you need to check the temperature of these things accurately.
Please note however that “for
best results in babies and toddlers up to 3 years of age, the American
Academy of Pediatrics recommends taking the temperature rectally, by
placing a thermometer in the baby's anus. This method is accurate and gives a
quick reading of the baby's internal temperature."
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