[blparent] dealing with the public

Tue May 25 22:04:14 UTC 2010

I agree with Dena.  Baby wearing keeps hands off the baby and people out of 
their face.  I didn't wear Kaelyn a lot right away because I had trouble 
figuring out how to use my wrap at first, but once I started using it, when 
she was about 4 months old, we used it all the time.  I never got the 
impression that she felt like she was suffocating.  She absolutely loved it, 
and she still rides on my back in her Beco now at 2 1/2 years old.  It's 
worth a try.
Leanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> You're right, if they do it from the beginning, but if they don't then the
> baby feels like he or she is being suffocated. V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] dealing with the public
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> 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
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>
>> 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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