[blparent] a new blind parent

Wed Nov 25 22:00:54 UTC 2009

Hi.  Congratulations on finding out you will soon be a dad.  To be honest, 
changing a diaper was ne of the things I wondered about a lot before my baby 
was born.  But once I got a hands-on demonstration from her daddy at the 
hospital, and I had two or thee chances to practice--you'll get lots of 
chances, believe me--and soon you'll be doing it without even thinking about 
it, haf asleep, or while talking on the phone, or in the middle of a hundred 
other things.  Don't spend too much energy fretting over it till the baby 
comes.  Take care.

Jo Elizabeth

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify 
the hunters.--African Proverb

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From: "Eva Adams" <eadams15 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:38 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] a new blind parent

> Ok I will try to describe how to change a diaper. If you know anyone that 
> has a baby it would be great if they would let you practice on their kid.
>
> To change a diaper you lay the kid on the floor, change table or whatever 
> you are using. There are a tab on each side of the diaper. They are either 
> velcro or sticky. You just pull them off, and if you are changing a boy 
> than immediately place a wipe over his penis. Little boys are known to 
> spray you when your in the middle of changing them, so I always put a wipe 
> over them to help prevent it. Then I hold both legs in one hand, usually 
> at the ankles, and lift them up in the air a little bit so that the butt 
> is off of the floor slightly. Use the wipeto clean them dup. For girls you 
> always want to wipe from the front of their private towards their butt. I 
> always use one extra wipe just to make sure I got all the poop off of 
> them. Once you have them clean you pull the dirty diaper out from under 
> the kid, and replace it with the clean one. The side of the diaper with 
> the tabs is the back. Once you have the back of the diaper in place lower 
> the childs legs, and bring the front up between their legs. Pull the tabs 
> and facend  the tabs around the front. You want to make sure that you have 
> the tabs pulled tight enough so the diaper will stay on, but not to tight. 
> I always can tell if it is right if I am able to just slide my fingers in 
> the very top of the diaper. I hope this helps you.
>
> Eva
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Babcock, Michael A." <michael.babcock at gwhosting.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] a new blind parent
>
>
>>I have never done it before.
>> thanks
>> mike
>>
>> On Nov 24, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Eva Adams wrote:
>>
>>> Mike I am not sure if you actually want to know how to change a diaper, 
>>> because you have never had any experience or if you mean as a blind 
>>> parent how do you do it.
>>>
>>> Eva
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Babcock, Michael A." 
>>> <michael.babcock at gwhosting.net>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:51 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] a new blind parent
>>>
>>>
>>>> hi;
>>>> thanks, a lot, i guess the first thing i have to ask is
>>>> How best do you guys get around changing dypers?
>>>> mike
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 24, 2009, at 2:58 PM, Deborah Kent Stein wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Mike,
>>>>>
>>>>> Welcome to the list!  It's great to have another dad join us.  We have 
>>>>> a lot of parents of babies and young kids who will be happy to share 
>>>>> their experiences and answer your questions.  Also, the list is 
>>>>> archived at www.nfbnet.org so you can search for any topic that 
>>>>> interests you. Please feel free to ask questions or comment on any 
>>>>> thread you read.
>>>>>
>>>>> Debbie
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Babcock, Michael A." 
>>>>> <michael.babcock at gwhosting.net>
>>>>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:38 PM
>>>>> Subject: [blparent] a new blind parent
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> hi;
>>>>>> some of you may know me from a few different lists, and sutch, but i 
>>>>>> thought i would join this list being a new parent, well on april 
>>>>>> 21st, i will be, and i thought i could get advise from you all and 
>>>>>> ask questions.
>>>>>> My blog story:
>>>>>> i'm going to be a dad http://gwfans.net/?p=582
>>>>>> you can see that i just found out i'm going to be a dad.
>>>>>> For some back ground information:
>>>>>> I've been blind since birth and never have hadany sight
>>>>>> The mom, sabrina, has been sighted all her life.
>>>>>> and this iso ur first kid. So i guess, if you have any first blind 
>>>>>> parent advise, or good blind parenting books, let me know please!
>>>>>> mike
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