[blparent] Questions about purchasing baby items

[Veronica Smith]

this is why I wanted a play pen that you could move around.  I used it as a 
gate into the kitchen.  I put her in it while I cooked and that way she 
could still see me.  I put her in it while I took a shower and I knew she 
was safe. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Questions about purchasing baby items


> Hi, Angelina.  You must be getting really excited as the time for your 
> baby
> to be born gets nearer.
>
> My best advice is, keep it simple.  I didn't really worry about a theme 
> for
> the baby's room because I'd been given a lot of things secondhand, and
> believe me, accept those gifts.  Babies grow out of clothes and equipment 
> so
> quickly, it doesn't make sense to spend a lot of money on everything.  And
> keep it simple, because soon enough your baby will be mobile and curious,
> and then more often than not, the room will look like a miniature 
> hurricane
> hit it, and you'll be picking up all those cute little things you had to
> have off the floor.
>
> Good luck,
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself. To take
> advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. Take care of 
> what
> you are doing. Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anjelina" <cruz.anjelina at mchsi.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:03 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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