[blparent] Long Hair

[trishs]

It's scary to me that she's self conscious this early!

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:21:19 -0700
>Subject: Re: [blparent] Long Hair

>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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