[blparent] Items you couldn't live without

Sat Oct 17 05:40:15 UTC 2009

Thanks.  I'll look into that.  Sounds pretty versatile.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dena Wainwright" <dena at envogueaccess.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Items you couldn't live without


> you can pretty much buy them where ever you can get fisher price toys. i
> found ours at toys r us/babies r us. it is the fisher price newborn to
> toddler rocker.
>
> it costs $51.
> here is the description found online:
>
> The Newborn-to-Toddler Portable Rocker is a restage of the very popular
> Infant to Toddler Rocker with more value-added features and use modes. It
> starts as a Newborn seat ro rocker with a low-profile position that moms
> feel is a safe place to put baby. With the softgoods recline, mom can
> position baby for sleeping or for play. A removeable toy bar arm provides 
> 2
> hard toys to entertain baby - a puppy with music in it and a kitty with a
> spinning ball of yarn. Both reward baby for bat-at play and can be
> repositioned. One additional soft goods birdie stands on a biscuit on the
> side of the rocker for finger play - and detaches for take-along play. As
> baby becomes a toddler, mom removes the toy arm and the rocker supports
> extend to a higher position, allowing toddlers to have both a stationary
> seat and a rocker. The softgoods are a deluxe location print with a fresh
> and contemporay look. The rocker also provides great on-the-go convenience
> for mom by folding/compressing down and using the struts as a handle.
>
> I think this is the next generation of the one we have, but we've gotten
> decent use out of it. it is a safe place to put her when i can't watch 
> her.
> she spent 10 minutes in it when i had a shower this morning. fyi: the toys
> are totally lame. we actually took them off.
>
> hth.
>
> Dena
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Items you couldn't live without
>
>
>> Where did you find this rocker?  Joshua might like that.  although, he is
>> a baby on the go right now.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dena Wainwright" <dena at envogueaccess.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Items you couldn't live without
>>
>>
>>> yup. as soon as elise started rolling over, the swing was finished. she
>>> kept trying to flip herself out of it, even though she was harnessed in.
>>> we have the fisher price infant to toddler rocker now. i really like it.
>>> she can climb in and out herself, as it is about six inches from the
>>> floor. you can rock it, lock the rocking feature, or make it vibrate.
>>> it's very basic, but it holds them to 40 pounds, unlike most swings 
>>> which
>>> only go to 20 - 25 lbs.
>>> Dena
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Items you couldn't live without
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you do use a swing, be careful once your baby starts to get older 
>>>> and
>>>> more mobile.  I stopped using my swing altogether the night I found
>>>> Sarah trying to climb out of it.  She was strapped in by the seat belt
>>>> and hanging with her head down over the side of the swing.
>>>>
>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always
>>>> glorify the hunters.--African Proverb
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:36 PM
>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Items you couldn't live without
>>>>
>>>>> Gab hated her swing and someone gave me 2 of them, so that was the
>>>>> first
>>>>> thing to go. V
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>> On
>>>>> Behalf Of Nikki Fugett-Dobens
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 5:40 AM
>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Items you couldn't live without
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree about the swing.  I asked for this really high tech swing,
>>>>> thinking
>>>>> our daughter would love it, but she used it maybe 4 times, and didn't
>>>>> really
>>>>>
>>>>> like it all that much.  I'm not sure why.
>>>>>    Nikki
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Eva Adams" <eadams15 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 12:11 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Items you couldn't live without
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I would say the items that were a life saver would be the bouncy 
>>>>>>chair,
>>>>>>this gave us a place to put our daughter if we needed to do something.
>>>>>>The
>>>>>>vibrating of the chair would help sooth her, and the mobile on it
>>>>>>provided
>>>>>>her with some entertainment. Some type of carrying device such as the
>>>>>>snugli.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The swing is one item we didn't use at all. My daughter didn't like
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> swing for some reason, so it ended up taking up room in our small
>>>>>> apartment. I would save our changing table wasn't necessary either. I
>>>>>> liked having it, but it is just as easy to lay a blanket on the floor
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> change the baby.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eva
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Angela Frederick" <angelahoward at mail.utexas.edu>
>>>>>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 10:47 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [blparent] Items you couldn't live without
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, everybody,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Okay, so I am a huge nerd and have been trying to figure out what 
>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>> family budget could be if we succeed in getting pregnant.  I've been
>>>>>>> looking at baby items and their costs and wondering what is really
>>>>>>> necessary and worth spending money on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, I would like to know from all of you who have kids:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. What baby items do you consider a necessity or a life-saver?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. What baby items do you wish you hadn't spent money on?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the feedback!
>>>>>>> Angela
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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