[blparent] Seedlings Verses NBPBooks (wiping off books)

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Thanks.  *Smile.*  I agree that minimizing the area of the mess is the best 
way to keep up with it.  And no, we don't graze and roam in my house.

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: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Seedlings Verses NBPBooks (wiping off books)


> Smiles... You should know that spit cleans anything.
> And, just so you know, you wouldn't believe the number of parents I know
> that let their kids graze and roam. It will be dinnertime or whatever,
> the little darling will refuse to sit down and eat, and so mom will just
> hand the kid little bits of food while they literally run past,
> providing the rationale that "he just doesn't like to sit still" or "he
> can't sit still to eat".
> So, in case you'd fallen into that trap, I wanted to let you know that
> yes, she can and will sit down to eat.
> I've also discovered too, and this is how this relates to being a blind
> parent, messes expand into whatever area you allow them, so if you
> minimize the area, you minimize the amount of cleanup you need to do.
> It's like the law of gasses.