[blparent] Throwing Toys Out the Window

Wed Jul 22 02:52:24 UTC 2009

Allie,
If you would still like to be able to leave the windows open a bit, you can 
hammer a couple of nails above the window that slides up. Make it so the 
window can only open a bit so that gabby can't push the screen out or climb 
in there.
pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:15 PM
Subject: [blparent] Throwing Toys Out the Window


> Oh my gosh, Gabriella pushed the screen out of our window this past 
> weekend and threw all her books out, along with Flip's toys and her shoes. 
> The first time someone saw her in the window, he came up to our apartment 
> and knocked on the door to tell me that "the baby was in the window and I 
> don't want her to fall out." I was a bit puzzled as to why he would tell 
> me this, since no one else had ever said anything to me about Gabriella 
> standing by the window (she always does). So, I checked the window, and 
> the screen was out ... oops! I am extremely thankful he let me know, 
> because I would not have liked to find out another way.
>
> My roommate fixed the screen, though, and things were normal again ... so 
> I thought. I found out she'd thrown out all her books and shoes when we 
> were getting ready to leave for an appointment on Saturday. She kept 
> telling me, "Mommy, shoes, outside!" Thought she was saying she wanted to 
> put her shoes on and go outside. *SIGH* My dad showed up and she told him 
> the same thing, though apparently she was pointing at the window. He went 
> to look, and there all her stuff was, on the ground floor ... I knew that 
> the screen had been fixed, but when I opened the window to check it, it 
> was messed up again. Ugh. I really don't know how that happened.
>
> Dad thought it was funny, but I didn't. I was freaked out. The window 
> stays closed from now on and we use the AC more often. I don't care about 
> paying 20 extra dollars a month; it gives me that much needed peace of 
> mind.
>
> -- Allie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:43 AM
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>> My stepson did the same thing.  Took the screen out of our second floor 
>> window and started throwing books and toys out.  When we asked him why he 
>> did it, he said he wanted to see if the objects all took the same amount 
>> of time to hit the ground.  What can you say to that?  We went and made 
>> him pick up the stuff, and his dad put the screen and the blinds back in.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
>> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jennifer Massey" <renandstimpy3 at comcast.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
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>>> lovely a few years huh.  I guess telling her when she feels like she is 
>>> going to be bad to come talk to us won't work then.  sorry being 
>>> sarcastic a bit and fustrated.  Last week she pushed her screen out her 
>>> window and started throwing her toys out of it.  we live in an apartment 
>>> and the rental office called him to let him know I was working a double. 
>>> last week I worked 63 hours, worked 4 double shifts and still having 
>>> financial issues and the kids just make me sooo fustrated when they do 
>>> stuff like this and then finally to find out why makes it even more 
>>> fustrating when we can't find a way to fix it.
>>>
>>> Jennifer and dustin
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>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:26 AM
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>>>> she'll grow out of this. I currently deal with this with my 8 and a 
>>>> half year old daughter and I do everything humanly possible for her.
>>>>
>>>> it isn't an attention thing its a I'm a little kid and I got something 
>>>> to use to my advantage thing.
>>>>
>>>> give it time, like a couple of years time.
>>>>
>>>> The BlindTechs Network
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 14, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Jennifer Massey wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My boyfriend has no vision but my children do. He watches them 2 or 3 
>>>> days a week sometimes for more then 8 hours a day.  My daughter who 
>>>> will be 6 soon told him today that she does the things that she does 
>>>> that are bad because he can't see her do them.  This hurt him very 
>>>> much.  We are not sure what to do at this point and any advice would 
>>>> be helpful.  I have tried spending extra time with her when I can and 
>>>> giving her some positive attention.  This week we have swimming which 
>>>> we always do together not only has a family but we each take some 
>>>> individual time with both of the kids, we also are taking both the 
>>>> kids to a carnival on friday and we are all going to the zoo on 
>>>> saturday. We really try to spend as much time as we can with them in 
>>>> the positive and not sure why my daughter is lashing out so much 
>>>> towards him in general.  When I am at home she doesn't do this and 
>>>> when she is with her dad and his wife she doesn't do it either.  Just 
>>>> with him.
>>>>
>>>> Jennifer and Dustin
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