[blparent] dealing with the public

[Amy Murillo-Hicks]

The thing is in the situation that was described originally, they were 
getting ready to leave, and Baby was in the car seat ready to go.

We all know what an ordeal situating the baby in carriers and car seats is 
anyway.  Any of us could have been in this situation.

I know Jordan didn't like sling front or back pack because he really liked 
to kick and move around. If I was out with my husband, I often used the 
carrier carseat.

My guess is these are just well meaning women who thought they knew 
everything there is to know about babies.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Wagner" <keys.melissa at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] dealing with the public


> 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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