Baby water thermometers
Waiting for the birth of the baby, all the mothers prepare in advance the items that will be needed to care for the newborn in the first years of his life. One of these items is a thermometer. First of all, a thermometer is purchased, which will measure the temperature of the baby’s body. However, the baby’s water thermometer should also be added to the shopping list.
The need to purchase
Such a thermometer, which determines the temperature of the water, is extremely important for the proper bathing of the little ones. Thanks to the use of a water thermometer, any mother will be sure that the temperature in the bath corresponds to the required parameters, and the crumb while bathing does not freeze and does not get into too hot water.
This is important because thermoregulation in babies that have just come into the world is still imperfect, so excessively hot or too cool water when bathing can lead to health problems in the toddler.
At the same time, an adult should not rely on her feelings - it can seem to mom that the water is warm, and for the baby it will be cool or vice versa.
Kinds
All thermometers, which can determine the water temperature when bathing a baby, are divided into:
- Built in bath. This version of the thermometer for water is convenient because it eliminates the need for an additional purchase of the thermometer (you just need to buy a bath) and the need to make additional movements to evaluate the water heating (the thermometer will show it constantly during the hygiene procedure). In addition, it is safer for the child, because the kids can not take it into his mouth or break such a thermometer.
- Separate. These thermometers are sold separately from the bath. They are lowered into the water when the bath is filled and swim in it while the baby is bathing or are removed after placing the toddler in the water.
Depending on the design, thermometers for water are divided into:
- Alcohol.
- Electronic.
- Oily.
Ordinary thermometers also happen mercurial, but they are considered unsafe, so these thermometers while bathing babies these days do not apply.
Traditional thermometers filled with oil or alcohol are safer and more affordable, and therefore are in great demand among young parents. Inside these thermometers is a flask sealed at two ends, containing colored alcohol or oil.
Design
By its design, children's water thermometers are very diverse. Now often on sale there are water thermometers in the form of an attractive and bright toy. For bathing a child, you can purchase a thermometer in the form of a flower, duckling, fish, submarine, frog, giraffe, whale and other cute animals. To the touch such thermometers-toys are hard and elastic.
Tips for choosing
- Pay attention to the material from which the thermometer is made. The product must have a quality certificate, and there should not be a strong smell from the thermometer itself.
- Also pay attention to reliability of the acquired water thermometer. Choose a product with an unbreakable and waterproof case so that the thermometer can withstand situations when the baby wants to taste the thermometer, throw it overboard on the bathroom floor or tap the bath with a thermometer.
- And important the appearance of the thermometertherefore, a bathing toy model would be a good choice.
Instructions for use
Using a thermometer involves the following actions:
- Fill the baby bath with water.
- Immerse the thermometer in water.
- After a few seconds (if an electronic model is used) or a few minutes (when using thermometers filled with oil or alcohol), evaluate the result.
- If necessary, add hot or cold water to the bath, then take another measurement.
What is the temperature of the bath water?
What to do if the thermometer broke?
As a rule, thermometers that measure the heating of water in a baby bath are durable, so their damage is very rare. Since such thermometers do not do these days with mercury, Damage to the thermometer filled with alcohol or oil does not threaten the toddler. Broken thermometer should be discarded, replacing it with a new serviceable model.
An example of how a water thermometer looks and functions can be seen in the next video.
