[blparent] Long Hair

Wed Nov 19 05:21:19 UTC 2008

At least Gab doesn't scream as loud as she used to.  but brushing it 
herself, she'd just assume not brush it at all. Aaaah! V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Long Hair

> My 9-year-old daughter has long hair.  She washes and brushes it
> on her own, now, better than before, and it was hard for us for a
> while.  She practically ran screaming from me when she saw me
> with a brush, or when I told her I was washing her hair tonight.
> I just kept promising I wouldn't hurt her, but she was loud at
> every accidental snap of a hair.  Glad those days are done!
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: Allie <alliemartins at gmail.com
>>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:50:31 -0800
>>Subject: [blparent] Long Hair
>
>>Having long hair is a pain in the derriere sometimes.  One day I
>>went into the shower with a plastic bag over my head, so my hair
>>wouldn't get wet.  It was in the morning when I was pressed for
>>time and needed to take a quick shower.  My hair is the thing
>>that takes me the longest to wash.  Grrr.  Don't even get me
>>started on brushing it ...  Sigh.
>>Yet, I want Gabbie to have nice long hair, too.  How is that
>>different? LOL.
>
>>--Allie
>
>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>Date sent: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:57:25 -0700
>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] not so nice places
>
>>>Sometimes my daughter doesn't like her hair washed.  Gab has
>>really long
>>>hair, almost down to her waist and i think she doesn't really
>>want me to
>>>brush the tangles out.  V
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com
>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:43 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] not so nice places
>
>
>>>> We have a bit of video from the first bath.  They both screamed
>>at the top
>>>> of their lungs.  When we got home we practically had to bathe
>>them in cold
>>>> water--or at least room temperature--in order for them to
>>tolerate it.  It
>>>> took months for them and then Jesse had a setback because Paull
>>tried to
>>>> dunk him.  Now, when they're feeling good and happy, they love
>>baths.
>>>> Although they still don't care to get their hair washed.
>>>> Barbara
>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:55 PM
>>>> To: "blind parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [blparent] not so nice places
>
>>>>> It is hard to believe what kids go through in orphanages.  My
>>cousin
>>>>> adopted a toddler from Romania and she said the babies were kept
>>3 to a
>>>>> crib.  She said that when it was bath time, the workers would
>>take the
>>>>> clothes off these kids and spray them with a garden hose.
>>>>> When Claire came to live here, she was absolutely terrified of
>>water.  my
>>>>> cousin said she would scream anytime the water was even turned
>>on in the
>>>>> house.  so they started therapy.  First a little cup was
>>introduced to
>>>>> Claire, 18 months at the time.  then when that was not a threat,
>>a cup,
>>>>> then a bowl, then a bigger one, then a bucket.  Now claire is 13
>>and on
>>>>> the swimming team at her school.
>>>>> I thank God everyday that my daughter is the way she is and not
>>afraid of
>>>>> anything except the dark and a biting puppy.  v
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