[blparent] latching on? (birthday cake)

Barbara Hammel poetlori8 at msn.com
Wed Feb 10 21:12:01 UTC 2010 

I had a sighted friend who didn't want to give her baby cake on her first 
birthday because she didn't want to clean up the mess.  I'm sure when she 
looks back at her pictures she's sure glad I promised to give the bath 
afterwards.  Those must be some of the cutest pictures people take of any 
birthdays.
Barbara

A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something to 
hide.  The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.

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From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:04 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on? (birthday cake)

> Hi.  Isn't it funny how different kids are?  I expected Sarah to dive into 
> her first birthday cake, but she just sat there and looked at it, and 
> eventually very delicately picked the plastic balloons off the top and 
> sucked the frosting from them.  That was it.  No mess to clean up, but no 
> cute pictures, either.  I'm anxious to see what happens when we have her 
> second birthday party in a few weeks.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify 
> the hunters.--African Proverb
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:36 AM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking forward to him not feeling sick anymore, and I'm really 
>> looking forward to the kid's birthdays this year.  It the first time he's 
>> ever had cake of any kind, and I'm hoping there will be lots of cute 
>> pictures of him making a huge mess while trying to eat it.  Colyn smelled 
>> like a chocolate factory for days after his first birthday but then, he 
>> did try to dive in to the cake head first!
>>
>> Tammy
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Anjelina" <anjelinac26 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>
>>
>>> Awww Tammy; I feel your frustration. We've had colds and tough teething 
>>> times as well. Birthday cake is always messy and yummy all at the same 
>>> time.
>>> Anjelina
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> yeah he eats like a horse, anything and everything.  lol  I started him 
>>>> on serial about 4 months and now he eats lots.  He's not picky at all 
>>>> thank goodness, and he's much less messy then his brother was at his 
>>>> age. We still have to do a bath basically after every meal but he loves 
>>>> his baths so it's never a problem.  He only has a couple of teeth, his 
>>>> bottom ones, and he's just getting his top ones now.  I was worried for 
>>>> a while because it took ages for him to get teeth, but now he seems to 
>>>> be geting them all at once.  I don't know which is better, all at once, 
>>>> or a couple at a time, but I feel so sorry for him right now with this 
>>>> cold and now his teeth too. Poor little guy!  At least it will all be 
>>>> over for his birthday so he can eat chocolate cake!
>>>>
>>>> Tammy
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:10 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Oh my goodness, how time flies. Wow, right around the corner.  Have 
>>>>> you
>>>>> started him on any kind of solids? I started giving Gab rice cereal at 
>>>>> 4 or
>>>>> 5 months. v
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>>> On
>>>>> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:29 AM
>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> He'll be a year on the 19th of February.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tammy
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:06 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> One suggestion is pump and put that milk into that sippy cup.  If the
>>>>>> flavor
>>>>>> is the same, maybe he will be agreeable about drinking from that cup. 
>>>>>> How
>>>>>> old is he now? v
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:14 PM
>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually I am going through the reverse of that right now, because 
>>>>>> Remus
>>>>>> won't drink from anywhere but my breast.  We've gotten him to take a 
>>>>>> bit
>>>>>> from a sippy cup, and for now it's just experimental and I don't need 
>>>>>> him
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> drink from a bottle or a cup, but soon he'll need more then just milk 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> drink.  Any suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:19 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sarah took both breast and bottle for the whole time she was 
>>>>>>> nursing, and
>>>>>>> she switched back and forth between the two just fine.  The 
>>>>>>> lactation
>>>>>>> consultant I had from the hospital where Sarah was born said she 
>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>> count on one hand the babies who had developed nipple confusion in 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> fifteen years or so she'd been helping women to breastfeed.  I 
>>>>>>> wouldn't
>>>>>>> worry about that right now, since the biggest thing is getting
>>>>>>> nourishment
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> into your baby boy so he can gain weight.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always 
>>>>>>> glorify
>>>>>>> the hunters.--African Proverb
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 8:06 PM
>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also, don't worry if you feel you have to give him a bottle once in
>>>>>>>> awhile. Getting him fed is more important right now, and feeding 
>>>>>>>> him
>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> a bottle if you have to will very rarely result in nipple 
>>>>>>>> confusion, and
>>>>>>>> don't listen to anybody who says it will.  Most important thing 
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> breast feeding is to relax and be calm, and if you need to, get 
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> from whatever your department of public health is called where you 
>>>>>>>> live.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> hth
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tammy
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:09 PM
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi, Leslie.  The only suggestion I have is to keep at it.  Sarah 
>>>>>>>>> had a
>>>>>>>>> terribly hard time latching on at first, and I was tempted over 
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> over
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> again to just switch her to bottles.  But after a lot of practice, 
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> process got easier, and I was glad I stuck with it.  Good luck.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always
>>>>>>>>> glorify the hunters.--African Proverb
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>> From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:44 PM
>>>>>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>>> Subject: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi all. For those of you who breastfeed or did so before, do you 
>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>>> tips on getting your baby to latch on consistently? Of course, I 
>>>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>> wil take practice. I use the nipple shield to tickle his mouth 
>>>>>>>>>> and get
>>>>>>>>>> him
>>>>>>>>>> to open up. Sometimes, he opens up wide right away and I can get 
>>>>>>>>>> him
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> latch on.  But other times, he'll turn away and keep his mouth 
>>>>>>>>>> closed
>>>>>>>>>> as if
>>>>>>>>>> to say, don't put this thing in my mouth. Any tips would be 
>>>>>>>>>> great. I
>>>>>>>>>> notice
>>>>>>>>>> that it's harder for him to nurse at night and I'm guessing it's
>>>>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>>>>> he's so tired.  With him being a premie, I have to use the nipple
>>>>>>>>>> shiled
>>>>>>>>>> since it will allow him to get my milk easier.  Sometimes, the 
>>>>>>>>>> nipple
>>>>>>>>>> shield
>>>>>>>>>> falls off and I'll have to put it back on which can be a pain. 
>>>>>>>>>> He'll
>>>>>>>>>> take
>>>>>>>>>> his bottles no problem.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Leslie
>>>>>>>>>>
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