[blparent] dealing with the public

[Elizabeth Cooks]

Angelica hated the front carrier I had, but loved the backpack.  -----  
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From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] dealing with the public


> Hi,
>
> It actually works well when you do it from the beginning, and I haven't 
> met a baby yet who doesn't like to be warn close to his mother or his 
> father.
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dealing with the public
>
>
>> That doesn't work all the time, because some babies don't like it, and it 
>> doesn't work in every sitution.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dena Wainwright" <dena at envogueaccess.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 4:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dealing with the public
>>
>>
>>> One thing that is a huge help for stuff like this is baby wearing. it's 
>>> hard for people to get near your baby if he's physically on your body.
>>> Dena
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 4:41 PM
>>> Subject: [blparent] dealing with the public
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi group.  I wanted to tell you about a situation that happened 
>>>> yesterday.
>>>> My husband and I were at a church doing and he had left me alone with 
>>>> the
>>>> baby for a few minutes to go talk with some other people.  Michael 
>>>> started
>>>> getting all fussy and crying and I immediately bent down to his carseat 
>>>> and
>>>> started rocking it like I normaly do.  Well, besides having this one 
>>>> lady
>>>> ask me things like do you want me to hold him, I can try, I love 
>>>> babies, do
>>>> you need help rocking him, are you sure ou don't want me to hold him, 
>>>> etc.
>>>> etc. I had three or 4 other ladies crowd around him, getting in his 
>>>> face,
>>>> look for his pacifier which was right with my hand's reach,  and start
>>>> talking to him which made him cry more.  Funny they all left me alone 
>>>> when
>>>> my husband came back.  I know these women from choir and although they 
>>>> were
>>>> wel intentioned, I felt very uncomfortable.  They indirectly made me 
>>>> feel
>>>> like I wasn't doing my job. I kept saying, no thanks, I have it and it 
>>>> still
>>>> didn't do any good. I'm wondering how have you all dealt with similar
>>>> situations in the past?  My second question is, is there a such thing 
>>>> as
>>>> being nice but firm when trying to get well-intentioned folks to back 
>>>> off?
>>>> How else could I have handled it besides freezing up and feeling hurt?
>>>> Thanks for any input.
>>>>
>>>> Leslie
>>>>
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