[blparent] toddler in crowds

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

Agreed!

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
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Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] toddler in crowds


> It's like saying that everybody who breathes might develop asthma some 
> day. Everybody breathes, all toddlers wander.  Some people get asthma, but 
> it's not because they breathe.  Some toddlers get ADHD, but it's not 
> because they wander, or we'd all have ADHD because we all wandered!
>
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> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 8:17 AM
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>> Hi,
>>
>> What a rediculous suggestion!  The very last thing we need to worry about 
>> when our toddlers wander is ADHD.
>>
>> Tammy
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 8:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] toddler in crowds
>>
>>
>>> Keep a child leash on him.  If he doesn't outgrow that, ADHD might be a 
>>> possibility.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Shannan Zinck" <shannanzinck at gmail.com>
>>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 2:15 PM
>>> Subject: [blparent] toddler in crowds
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sooo went to Moncton this weekend for a missions trip. a 1 nighter. 
>>>> Anyway
>>>> how do you guys cope with being in large crowds with a toddler who 
>>>> loves to
>>>> wander. He's a good kid but, can't keep still to save his life. We were 
>>>> at
>>>> an overnight shelter, (the one we used to work at) and I found it 
>>>> really
>>>> nerve racking. I used the harness when I could but, I'm one of the 
>>>> singers
>>>> so had to be up front and get some friends to watch him. Most of my 
>>>> friends
>>>> are sighted so it's easier for them to chase him around the center. 
>>>> well I
>>>> am claustrophobic as well so crowds freak me out anyway and with a 
>>>> toddler
>>>> running around it's 10 times worse. I was sort of fine until I had to 
>>>> rely
>>>> totally on my friends that's hard. His birth mom was there too and had 
>>>> him
>>>> much of the time so I was a little wary and was constantly straining to 
>>>> know
>>>> where he was and half the time I didn't know exactly. I trust my 
>>>> friends
>>>> but, I'm not always going to have the option of having them around 
>>>> every
>>>> time I take a trip. We did well on this trip but, quite leary about 
>>>> taking
>>>> another one.
>>>> -- 
>>>> Shannan Zinck
>>>> Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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