[blparent] Christmas Trees. was Re: Fireplace idea

Sun Nov 30 17:43:26 UTC 2008

We only put it in the playpen the first year when she was 14 months, but 
after that she liked the ornaments and just wanted to sit and look. Infact, 
she told everyone, "don't touch, only look.!"
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From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Christmas Trees. was Re: Fireplace idea

>I thought of that, too. So far, she has no interest in pulling it, just 
>touching it.
>
> -- Allie
>
> A smile costs nothing but gives much.  It enriches those who receive 
> without making poorer those who
> give.  It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts 
> forever.  None is so rich or
> mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he 
> cannot be made rich by it.
> Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is 
> something that is of no value
> to anyone until it is given away.  Some people are too tired to give you a 
> smile.  Give them one of
> yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
> -- Author Unknown
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Christmas Trees. was Re: Fireplace idea
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>
> Alley, be aware that little hands can also pull on empty branches and 
> thus,
> the tree will topple right down. V
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> From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [blparent] Christmas Trees. was Re: Fireplace idea
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>> We just bought an artificial tree with lights already on the branches, 
>> and
>> the only thing we're
>> putting on it is the angel at the top of the tree. Seeing as it's seven
>> feet, there's no way it will
>> be pulled off by little hands. Since there is nothing hanging on the
>> branches, there is nothing to
>> pull off or break, either. We'll start adding stuff to the tree when 
>> Bella
>> starts making ornaments
>> at school. LOL.
>>
>> -- Allie
>>
>> A smile costs nothing but gives much.  It enriches those who receive
>> without making poorer those who
>> give.  It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts
>> forever.  None is so rich or
>> mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he
>> cannot be made rich by it.
>> Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is
>> something that is of no value
>> to anyone until it is given away.  Some people are too tired to give you 
>> a
>> smile.  Give them one of
>> yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
>> -- Author Unknown
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 9:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Fireplace idea
>>
>>
>> I put our Christmas tree  in our playpen.  Ofcourse we used to have a
>> small
>> tree, but it fit and the baby stayed safe. V
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Karla Hudson" <HudsonKC at msu.edu>
>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 6:40 PM
>> Subject: [blparent] Fireplace idea
>>
>>
>>> Hi Grace,
>>>
>>> One idea is the super play yard XT which you can use to block off areas
>>> where you do not want baby or to lock baby in a designated area.  The
>>> play
>>> yard is made of plastic but I am pretty sure if it isn't right up 
>>> against
>>> the fireplace it should withstand the heat.  The play yard folds up 
>>> which
>>> will work well if you are traveling by car to visit family.  We used the
>>> play yard to block in our family room so our son could have his own play
>>> area and stay out of our kitchen.  The product is pretty useful as it 
>>> can
>>> come apart in and be used in various ways.  We even put it around our
>>> Christmas tree when our son was little.
>>>
>>> Karla
>>>
>>>
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