[blparent] questions

[Melissa Ann Riccobono]

Hello Leslie,
	You may not know if the diaper is wet or poopy just by touching the
outside of the diaper, but you will certainly know when you are changing the
baby.  As you wipe you will be able to feel if there is poop on his bottom;
you can also always feel with your hand.  The other thing is that often the
poop comes out with some noises involved, so it is easy to use that as a
guide.  Of course sometimes it's just gas, but you'll be able to tell by
checking with a wipe on the butt.  I mostly breast fed, so unfortunately I'm
not as sure about the bottle questions you have, but I'm sure others on list
will be able to answer these.  Good luck.  Remember to take some deep
breaths; you are not alone.  There are other blind parents here to help give
you advice and support.  Also, it's not fair for anyone to expect you to
have all the answers at this point; everything is entirely new to you.  I
know that you will figure things out as you go, but of course that is a lot
harder when you have a nurse or someone else asking you tons of questions
and probably wanting to make sure you can care for Michael adequately when
he's released from the hospital.  Which you can...  Don't think for a minute
you can't!
Hope this helps!
Melissa

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Leslie Hamric
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 3:07 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: [blparent] questions

Hi all.  I have some questions.  When you have a baby who's breast fed, how
do you know whether he has a wet or poopie diaper?  Is it something that's
determined by feel and if so, how do you know the difference?  I guess the
poop doesn't smell from breast milk.  The nurse I talked to today said we'll
probably end up having to supplement with formula so I'll have to do both
breast and bottle feeding.  What's the best way to pour formula in the
bottle?  Since Michaels a premie, I need to keep track of how many cc's he's
taking in.  The cc's can be determined in ounces too.  How do you keep track
of how much he's taking in without being able to see the measuring lines on
the bottle?  The nurse I worked with today has been asking me questions I
don't know the answers to and it's kind of overwhelming.  I figured the best
thing would be to post on list and hopefully get some good ideas like I
always have.

Leslie

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