[blparent] Long Hair

Fri Nov 21 00:48:56 UTC 2008

V, I apologize!  I meant my own daughter, and should have made 
that clear!  OMG! I'm So Sorry!

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:24:03 -0700
>Subject: Re: [blparent] Long Hair

>Trishas, the problem is not self concious at all, she doesn't 
care if it
>gets brushed.  if you leave it up to her, it would never be 
brushed.  It's me
>who cares.  I told her that someday she will look like that 
character who
>never brushes her hair and before you know it her hair was very 
very long
>and the whole neighborhood of animals was living in it.  
hahahaha! V
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:54 PM
>Subject: Re: [blparent] Long Hair

>> 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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