[blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi Scott.  I know what you're saying about a squirming baby kicking the foot 
out of the pants that you just got in, and that may not change for a long 
while.  Sarah still does that now and then, and she's over two.  What I've 
found effective is to pick up the baby as quickly as you can after getting 
the feet in, and then pull up the pants while you are holding her in a 
vertical position, instead of doing it while she is still lying flat on the 
changing table.  That way she has less opportunity to kick her feet out of 
the pants, or at least it is a little harder for her to do.

I would also suggest that it might be worthwhile for Cindy to try dressing 
Leah with her eyes closed, even if it's true that since she can see, she 
might have less trouble than you do.  It was an enlightening experience for 
Gerald to attempt a few things with his eyes closed, even though he's 
reasonably understanding about my challenges.  The big difference he noticed 
when working without sight was that things took a little longer for him 
because he couldn't just see where something was and reach out to grab it. 
After that, he started taking a lot more care with putting household items 
back where he found them.

Hang in there!
Jo Elizabeth

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From: "Scott Lawlor" <sklawlor at mac.com>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 4:50 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

> Hi all.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions.  I suggested that Cindy close her eyes and try 
> getting Leah's pants on and she just said that since she could see, she'd 
> still be able to do it with no problems.  I hadn't thought of putting her 
> on my lap.  She's 3 months old so still quite squirmy.  We have a changing 
> table and diapering her isn't so difficult anymore but there's no safety 
> strap.
>
> I've tried putting one foot in and then the other but usually what can 
> happen is she'll kick the foot I just put in out so I have to try it 
> again. Sometimes I'll be able to get the feet through the legs and then 
> pull the pante over the knees and then I can pull them up over the diaper 
> but it's hit and miss sometimes.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 3:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] challenges with dressing an infant
>
>
>> Scott,
>>
>> Have you tried holding the baby on your lap facing away from you?  You 
>> can reach around the baby and maintain some control with your arms.  If 
>> the baby is really
>> squirmy, you might want to sit on the floor to do this.  Otherwise, also 
>> try a changing table with a safety strap which would allow you to 
>> concentrate completely on
>> getting the clothes on.  You will probably have to remove the safety 
>> strap to finalize things, but you should be able to get legs and arms 
>> through the pants or shirt.  If
>> none of this works, tell us what you have tried that didn't work and 
>> maybe we'll get a better sense of what to suggest.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:11:39 -0500, Scott Lawlor wrote:
>>
>>>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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