[blparent] dealing with the public

[Melissa Wagner]

It also really depends on the type of carrier you use.  I will be testing
out 3 different brands with our baby.  

Melissa

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:30 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
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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