[blparent] blparent Digest, Vol 65, Issue 4

Fri Oct 9 01:33:03 UTC 2009

Hi Jen:

I have been lurking but I will weigh in on this topic as well.  This is a 
very personal decision and you should do what feels right to you and your 
husband.  My baby was a preemie and I wanted him next to me. He slept in the 
basinet next to my bed for the first 5 months. I could reach over and check 
on him. This worked out well for the three of us.  I am also a light sleeper 
and heard him as soon as he made a sound.  I never felt comfortable having 
sleep with us when he was small.  He's 2 now and sleeps in his own room.  I 
keep the monitor and I can hear him just fine. Although he likes to visit 
our bed in the middle of the night sometimes. *grin*

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Bose" <jen10514 at gmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] blparent Digest, Vol 65, Issue 4

> Hello, parents.
>
> I'm very happy to have joined this list. There's so much here to learn
> and I'm enjoying all the discussions and gathering a great deal of
> information. With your help, I found a stroller that can be pulled
> behind me; it's from Graco and also contains the right harness and
> includes a car seat.
>
> Now, here's another burning question: What are your views about
> sleeping arrangements for a new baby? I now have a bassinet that the
> baby can sleep in right next to me and my husband in our bedroom.
> Later, when the baby can sleep through the night comfortably, there's
> a crib in a different room. However, in talking to two doulas I know,
> one of whom is blind and also a mother and who will be helping me out
> at the hospital and maybe at home, these women suggested that I might
> want the baby to sleep in our bed with us. They said that as blind
> parents (my husband is also blind), we would want to be as close to
> the baby as possible during the night in order to hear any little
> noises or restlessness and be able to quickly see if the baby needs to
> be fed or otherwise attended to. My first reaction to this is that I'd
> really like the baby to be in the bassinet instead, which I think is
> near enough to us. I'm a light sleeper and I already tune into my
> guide dog when she wakes up and fidgets and scratches an itch or
> shifts position in order to get comfortable again. I'm hoping I can be
> attentive enough to the baby asleep in the bassinet near us. I also
> would just like the baby to get used to having its own space, although
> I'm not completely averse to a small child wanting to sleep next to
> the parents for part of the night or if he or she is scared or just
> wants to crawl into bed with them early in the morning for a while. My
> stepdaughter has done that a few times and she found it comforting,
> but she did know that she had her own bed.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Jen
>
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>>    3. Correction: Adult Braille Readers Are Leaders Team (Eric Calhoun)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 14:50:45 -0600
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] girl scouts
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
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>> I'm glad for them as well.  Gab is so excited, she can hardly think
>> straight. V
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Pipi
>> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:07 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] girl scouts
>>
>> that is great news. i've taken on the job of being a co leader for my
>> niece's troop. they didn't have a leader at her school, so i talked my
>> sister into it and i'm helping. i was a girl scout from brownies clear
>> through cadets. i think it is a great thing for girls and am glad that 
>> there
>>
>> is a troop for my niece and the other girls that didn't have a troop last
>> year.
>> Pipi
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:02 PM
>> Subject: [blparent] girl scouts
>>
>>
>>> Well guess what, we finally found a troop for Gab.  A friend of mine
>>> called
>>> me and said their troop was adding 3 more slots and I called right away.
>>> She will bin in troop 209.  They welcomed her with open arms. V
>>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 23:04:03 -0500
>> From: Eric Calhoun <eric at pmpmail.com>
>> Subject: [blparent] Veronica, re: Disneyland
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>> Message-ID: <20091005040615.1A8912AF61E at node77.smtp.com>
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>> Veronica, it's so nice you'll be out here to partake of the Magic 
>> Kingdom!
>> Please call me when you get out here; I'd like to meet you.
>>
>> Eric
>> Halloween!  Don't make it a safety hazard!  Make it a safe haven!  This
>> is Eric from Los Angeles, reminding that a safe Halloween begins with 
>> you.
>> No illegal violence!  No non-see-through costumes!  Be creative!  Don't 
>> be
>> offensive!  But be loving!  It's not the size of the dog in the fight; 
>> it's
>> the size of the fight in the dog!
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 23:12:14 -0500
>> From: Eric Calhoun <eric at pmpmail.com>
>> Subject: [blparent] Correction: Adult Braille Readers Are Leaders Team
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org, blindkid at nfbnet.org
>> Message-ID: <20091005041426.4A1312AF669 at node77.smtp.com>
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>> Because of an editing error, I inadvertantently gave my phone number as 
>> my
>> email address.  My email address is eric at pmpmail.com, and my telephone
>> number is: 323-295-5750.
>>
>> Parents!  Adults!  I am forming an adult Braille Readers Are Leaders
>> team!  Are you interested?  Then please look at the above paragraph, and
>> please get in touch with me.  You must have a strategy, for example, what
>> books/magazines you will read, what team name you will select, and more.
>> I'm looking for a minimum of 5 participants!  I would love to hear from
>> you!
>>
>> Eric
>> Halloween!  Don't make it a safety hazard!  Make it a safe haven!  This
>> is Eric from Los Angeles, reminding that a safe Halloween begins with 
>> you.
>> No illegal violence!  No non-see-through costumes!  Be creative!  Don't 
>> be
>> offensive!  But be loving!  It's not the size of the dog in the fight; 
>> it's
>> the size of the fight in the dog!
>>
>>
>>
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