[blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

Sat May 1 08:51:04 UTC 2010

I didn't dress my daughter in two piece outfits 'til she was at least 6 
months old and a little less wiggly, if I could help it anyway.
Just depends what the temperature is like, where you live. Gabriella was 
born in May, so we had all summer to wear cute, one-piece rompers and body 
suits and things like that. When it got cold, I put the zip up sleepers on 
her because I couldn't trust that socks would stay on her feet. LOL. She 
hated her feet covered and socks would inevitably come off.
Trying to remember how I dealt with actually putting clothes on her when she 
was constantly flailing her limbs around. I know whenever she needed a 
diaper change, at least 'til she got used to lying still, I'd sit on the 
floor and lay her down between my knees, which were bent with my feet flat 
on the ground, and hold her arms with my bare toes. I didn't press down hard 
or anything, just enough to keep her arms in place. My hands did the rest of 
it, and it got to where we could change her without her moving around much.
I think holding her in your lap to put clothes on her is a good idea. You 
could sit her facing away from you and that might help the pants to stay on 
while you're trying to finish getting them on.

-- Allie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Lawlor" <sklawlor at mac.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

> we have some one piece outfits but there's also a fair number of two piece 
> as well.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] challenges with dressing an infant
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>
>> Hi Scott.  What about one-piece outfits? I tend to like those better than
>> the 2-piece ones but that's just me.
>> Leslie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Scott Lawlor
>> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:50 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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