[blparent] burping babies

[Elizabeth Cooks]

And aldo what to expect durint the toddler years.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] burping babies


> Hi Vanessa.  I didn't know how to burp a baby till I had one, but it's 
> pretty easy.  You just rest the baby against your chest and shoulder, 
> facing you, and then pat him on the back gently till he burps.  You can 
> also lay him across your lap, tummy down, and pat him on the back, which 
> seems to help if he has a hard time letting the burp out.
> I would urge you to think about signing up for the correspondence course 
> from Hadley School for the Blind, which Sharon Howerton, who is on this 
> list, teaches.  If you start now, you'll learn about what to expect during 
> your pregnancy, and then the second course goes into a lot of baby care 
> and development.
> I also found that a lot of my questions were answered by the book "What to 
> Expect When You're Expecting."  The book is available on tape through the 
> National Library Service, and you can also find it in print at any 
> bookstore.  There's a second book called "What to Expect the First Year" 
> which I also found helpful.  The books are for any parents, blind or 
> sighted, but the correspondence course from Hadley also includes tips that 
> come from blind parents in particular.
>
> You have a big task ahead of you, and a lot to learn, and I know it can 
> seem overwhelming.  But really, most of the baby care things that I 
> worried about during my pregnancy, I got to where I was doing them without 
> even stopping to think about it.  If you could be around other babies, 
> maybe in a nursery at your church or in the homes of friends and 
> relatives, that might help you feel more confident before your own little 
> one is born.  Good luck!
>
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify 
> the hunters.--African Proverb
>
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> From: "vanessa hernandez" <violethernandez20 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:55 PM
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> Subject: [blparent] birping babies
>
>> -- 
>> vanessa Hernandez
>>
>> How do you birp a baby?
>>
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