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Sat Feb 14 05:21:37 UTC 2009

Card board boxes are the best toys ever invented.  You're allergic to them. 
Aaaah! V
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From: "Amber Boggs" <amberboggs at socal.rr.com>
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> Roftl, I tried that once with Sean. I gave him a small one to climb in 
> etc.
> He loved it. However because I am alertic to cardboard when I held him I
> broke out badly. OOPS dumb on my part.
> Amber
> Amber Boggs
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 1:29 PM
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>> Oh, is that why Gab is so good with constructive thinking.  I've always
>> given her cardboard boxes to color, cut, stomp, pull apart, etc.  they 
>> are
>> the best.  Right now she is stomping the air filled pillows that come in
>> them. (lol) V
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 7:40 AM
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>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> lol  It's amazing what they can do with a cardboard box.  I found it
>>> interesting that studies have shown that if you give your little kids
>>> things
>>> like cardboard boxes to climb in and on, and other toys like that it
>>> helps
>>> them with special concepts and will help them with mathematics later on
>>> in
>>> life.
>>>
>>> Tamy
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>>> From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 6:51 AM
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>>>
>>>
>>>> Some time ago, I heard that the cardboard box was inducted into the Toy
>>>> Hall Of Fame! How cool is that?!
>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>Date sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:14:06 -0700
>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] (no subject)
>>>>
>>>>>One of Gab's vavorite doll beds was a cardboard box.  She put
>>>> blankets and a
>>>>>pillow in and she crawled righ in with her dolls.  (lol) V
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us
>>>>>To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:47 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] (no subject)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>I think it all depends on how sturdy things are.  Something that
>>>> is made of
>>>>>> wood might be able to take more abuse than something made of
>>>> plastic.  You
>>>>>> might want to actually see if you can go to a store and touch
>>>> something
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> this to see how well made it is.  Or, perhaps you might be able
>>>> to find
>>>>>> someone who makes or would make a wooden doll bed for her by
>>>> hand.  The
>>>>>> other option might be to get her a bed for smaller dolls that
>>>> would be too
>>>>>> small for her to think much about climbing into.  I had a very
>>>> nice hand
>>>>>> made wooden cradle and some small wooden bunk beds when I was
>>>> young.  I
>>>>>> loved them, but was a little frustrated at times because my
>>>> bigger dolls
>>>>>> wouldn't fit on them.  They would probably have been very safe
>>>> for a two
>>>>>> year old though.
>>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>>> Melissa
>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5:00 PM
>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] (no subject)
>>>>
>>>>>> I recently asked the visiting nurse why so many toys said they
>>>> were to be
>>>>>> used with children three and over.  She told me that the primary
>>>>>> consideration is how oral toddlers under three are, and if the
>>>> toys have
>>>>>> parts that could break off or be pulled off and swallowed.  As
>>>> children
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> older, the need to stick everything in their mouths decreases.
>>>>
>>>>>> As for breaking toys, I guess that probably is to be expected.
>>>> I climbed
>>>>>> into a doll buggy as a little kid and broke it because it
>>>> wouldn't take my
>>>>>> weight.  My mother has pictures of my little sister sleeping
>>>> peacefully in
>>>>>> a
>>>>
>>>>>> doll crib that I had gotten for Christmas or a birthday or
>>>> something.
>>>>
>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>>> "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new
>>>> one holds
>>>>>> water."--Swedish proverb
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com
>>>>>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 2:29 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [blparent] (no subject)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi  moms and dads.
>>>>>>> I found this and am thinking of getting it for Melanie.
>>>>>>> Only problem is it says "not for children under three".
>>>>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Corolle-Mon-Premier-Nursery-Doll/dp/B000F5F
>>>> K2S/ref
>>>>>>> =cm_lmf_tit_10
>>>>>>> Thoughts? Is this a hard and fast rule?
>>>>>>> Melanie has a history of breaking toys that are too old for her,
>>>> she
>>>>>>> broke the doll stroller I got for her when she climbed into it
>>>> and
>>>>>>> failed.  Fortunately she wasn't hurt, but the stroller had to be
>>>> tossed.
>>>>
>>>>
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