[blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

Sat May 1 19:50:55 UTC 2010

Part of it depends on how much practice one has had in their life.  For 
those of you who had little to no experience, this stuff was or is mind 
boggling.  Some of us have had all kinds of experience so have no problem 
with any of it.
Sighted or blind, we just have to remember to be patient with those who've 
not had the experience.  Everyone leads a different life.  Some of us come 
from the womb chomping at the bit to take care of children and some of us 
get the idea when we meet our mate.
It's not because you're blind that you can't do this, Scott, and get 
frustrated.  It's probably because you never had the chance to learn it.
I helped a grandma, who was used to dealing with her grandkids, get the baby 
out of the carseat.  She's not blind, she just had little experience with 
those crazy things.  I can change diapers faster than anyone I've worked 
with in the nursery at church because I've had all kinds of experience doing 
it.
Do your best and don't complain and all will get better.  Scott, maybe you 
could, instead of complaining to Cindy, tell Leah how hard this is to do but 
the two of you will figure it out.
Babies are never too young to start using the words you'll use when they're 
older.  You can tell her to hold still--just know she won't obey.  When she 
does accidently do it, tell her that she was good and that made it so much 
easier to do it.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
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: Saturday, May 01, 2010 12:35 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] challenges with dressing an infant

> she tried it and it made no difference at all.  She was just as efficient 
> as ever.  We have this running joke that she's really a borg. lol.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joy Wolf" <joy at kevinlwolf.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 7:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] challenges with dressing an infant
>
>
>>I totally agree, I'd push it a bit and get her to try it.  It can be a 
>>real
>> awakening, so to speak, lol
>>
>> Joy and family
>>
>> -----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.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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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