[blparent] Questions about purchasing baby items

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

I did do a theme for my baby's room, more based on a feeling then anything 
else.  I know the colours match, but most baby items you buy are in either 
soft baby colours or bright ones, so you can pick and choose, and most 
things go with most other things.  I thought it would be better to have 
different colours and different textures for the baby to look at and feel, 
so the room would have things all over to stimulate his senses and keep his 
interest.  His room is really cute with amimals all over the place from the 
mobile to the swing.  I used mostly the rainforest theme from fisherprice, 
and there are other little things that fit in with it around too.  His 
basinette is blue with Teddy bears on the mobile, and his diaper stacker has 
monkeys on it.
As to your question about things being accessible when you buy them, the 
simple answer is no, most things you buy are not accessible, but you can 
easily make them so by doing simple adaptations.  The only thing I have is a 
talking thermometer which you can get from independant living aids.  I don't 
know the site, but a google search should get you there easily.  In terms of 
medacin spoons, they're hard to use if you're blind, and not worth buying 
imo.  A better option would be to buy one of those seringes that have the 
nipple on the end, and have somebody mark the plunger with a knife where the 
measurements are so as you put up the plunger you can feel the markings to 
know when to stop.  Also, when you are given a medacin that's perscription 
you can get the pharmacist to mark a seringe for you in the same way as 
above.  I also had somebody go through and help me label all the books I 
had, so I could read them to my baby, and I'll do the same thing with this 
one as well.  If you can, it might be helpful to suggest that someone buy 
you a braille  labler so you can label things like books etc.  Other than 
that I didn't have anything else that was really accessible, or adapted to 
be so.  Most things you'll get given will be usable by you right out of the 
box, or can be learned how to use in no time at all.

hth

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anjelina" <cruz.anjelina at mchsi.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:03 AM
Subject: [blparent] Questions about purchasing baby items


> 1. Did you use a theme for your newborns room? If so did you go based on
> texture of colors?
> 2. What adaptive equipment did you have to purchase?
> I went browsing with my sister and saw ear thermometers and medicine 
> spoons.
> I didn't know if most off the shelf products are accessible to use.
> 3. I've decided to use a sling so she is closer to me, but did you use a
> stroller at times?
> I'm trying to add items to a registry but I don't want to add things that 
> I
> won't use.
> Thanks for any answers.
> Anjelina
>
>
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