[blparent] Questions about purchasing baby items

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

See, and I bought a Snugglee carrier and a Baby Bjorn, and I haven't really 
used either of them much.  I found them awkward to carry and cumbersome to 
get the baby in and out of.  Like others have said, try before you buy.

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"
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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Questions about purchasing baby items


>I didn't use anything for walking distances, I just carried her and boy did 
>my back hurt. (lol) I wish I knew about that sling thing. Smile. V
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shannon Wells" <pwandmomx2 at suddenlink.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Questions about purchasing baby items
>
>
>> Angelina
>> I didn't have a theme for my babies room because I didn't have the money 
>> at
>> the time and still don't. As for accessible stuff, I already had a 
>> talking
>> thirmometer, the kind you use in their mouth or under their arm. When it
>> comes to medicine, I would just squeeze that thing on the dropper and 
>> hope I
>> got the right amount. Might sound like I don't care, but there wasn't a
>> sighted person around and baby needed meds, so had to do what I could. 
>> When
>> they get a little older, I have found that a mouth seringe works great!
>> There is out there if you can find it, a medicine cup with a bottle 
>> nipple
>> on it, so the baby sucks the meds like a bottle. Never fooled my second 
>> one,
>> though. Also, have a baby monitor that works great. Used a thing that 
>> went
>> over my shoulders and the baby rested in front, but a sling is probably
>> better when they are tiny. I just couldn't find one I liked. Used a 
>> stroller
>> when walking with sighted people. Tried to use it on my own, by pulling 
>> it
>> behind me while using my cane, but it kept going crooked and sidewalks
>> around here are quite skinny. She would have fell out in to the street. 
>> Hope
>> this helps. Maybe you'll have better luck with a stroller, but I wanted 
>> mine
>> close to me, too.
>> Shannon Nicole Wells