[blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

[Veronica Smith]

Scott, remember the word patience.  Like I said, sit on the floor, put her
in your lap, then put her clothes on.   Then again, you could always just
put her in a dress, but tights are nightmares. Smile! V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Lawlor
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 4:50 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
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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