[blparent] Screeching!

[Robert Shelton]

Twenty-odd years ago, I was standing in our kitchen, speaking with my soon
to be foster son in law.  He was an engineering grad student at the place
where I was teaching.  About that time, my fourth, Brian, two at the time,
came tearing through at full volume.  He just hit that perfect resonance --
ear-splitting howl which echoed off the walls in a glorious fashion.  I
remember pausing my conversation with Michael, and then picking right back
up after my ears stopped ringing.  He looked at me for a few seconds and
said "Those four boys left you with some serious nerve damage."  Well, I
guess they did, but it was only a few years later that Michael had a couple
of his own -- and so it goes.

Bottom line, it's more or less normal, and the less attention you pay, the
better everybody sleeps.  My theory -- if it's not toxic, expensive, sharp,
or on fire, 
screw it, let things take care of themselves.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net] 
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 2:01 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Screeching!

Sarah is going through a very vocal stage.  It really is amazing the
ear-piercing screeches that can come out of such a little baby.  They're not
angry screeches, they're happy sounds, but my goodness!  I hope it's just a
phase she'll quickly grow out of.


Jo Elizabeth

It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself. To take
advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. Take care of what
you are doing. Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"