[blparent] Long Hair

Sat Nov 22 04:37:46 UTC 2008

Oh, then I wish my daughter follows in your daughters footsteps soon. 
hehehehe!  After all they are the same age. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Long Hair

> 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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