[blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

First of all, tell Cindy to stop judging and criticizing you.  It's not a 
small thing when it causes you stress, and it's certainly not as easy as it 
looks.  Here's a thought, when you're both relaxed tell her to close her 
eyes and then put pants or anything else on the baby, and she'll realize 
that it's not easy.  Now here's my advice to you regarding clothes.  If it's 
a sleeper or something that opens out, put it down first and lay it out so 
the arms are positioned where the baby's arms are.  That way the baby's 
torso will already be in the ribght place and all you have to do is put the 
arms and legs in and do it up.  As for pants, figure out which is the back 
and which is the front, and then put your hand up through the leg of the 
pants and hold your daughter's foot with that hand.  Then slide them off of 
your hand on to her foot and up her leg.  Then do the same with the other 
side, and then lift her up and pull the pants up and give her a cuddle or a 
tickle at the same time.  I know you mentioned pants in this, but here's a 
tip for shirts as well.  For those undershirts, do the bottoms up and put 
them on over her feet the same way as you'd do the pants.  Then just pull 
the shirt up and put her arms in.

hth

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Lawlor" <sklawlor at mac.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:11 AM
Subject: [blparent] challenges with dressing an infant


> Hi.
>
> Are there any good tips you guy can provide on dressing squirmy babies? 
> It seems that putting the legs through the pants is the issue that I find 
> so annoying and frustrating at the moment.  Cindy thinks it's ridiculous 
> that I get so frustrated with something like this and maybe it is.  After 
> all, it's a pretty small thing, but nevertheless, it's not fair for the 
> baby that I be that way, even if for a short time.
>
> I've tried to refocus and that seems to help but I'd like to head this off 
> even before it becomes an issue, if that makes any sense.
>
> Thanks for the help if possible.
>
> Scott
>
>
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