[blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

[Leslie Hamric]

Hi Barbara.  My husband is still reluctant to try wearing a blindfold after
all this time.  I think he'll do it eventually, though since he does try new
things after some encouragement and actually discoveres he's having a good
time. lol.
Leslie

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:03 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

Tell her to humor you and try it any way.  Just because she says she can 
doesn't mean she can.
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: "Scott Lawlor" <sklawlor at mac.com>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:50 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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