[blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

[sharon howerton]

I always preferred changing and dressing my sons in the crib as they were in 
a more contained space. I am tall enough that it was not uncomfortable for 
me to bend to dress them, but for some who are shorter or taller, this might 
not be as feasible. Sadly, the babies are our guinea pigs; we have no choice 
except to learn on them, and about the time we get something figured out, 
the next thing will happen. Good luck. Mine are now 27 and 24. As my younger 
son pointed out once, since the three of us live together, "We're all adults 
here". I treat them differently, of course, but our children are our 
children forever, and I always say kids come first.
Sharon
----- 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 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] challenges with dressing an infant


>I didn't remember how old his baby was.  Given her age, I'd probably opt 
>for the floor, too.  It's less likely there will be an
> accident.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:02:24 -0600, Veronica Smith wrote:
>
>>Steve, I always sat on the floor when dressing Gab, it just worked better
>>for me. V
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
>>Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 2:53 PM
>>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>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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