[blparent] Screeching!

[Pickrell, Rebecca M. (TASCSD)]

A great piece of advice.  

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Robert Shelton
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:52 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] Screeching!

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"


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