[blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights

[Barbara Hammel]

Just a thought, but does she know how to count to five?  Maybe you could 
give her a string with five beads on it and every night she could take one 
off?  Something like that to give her some tangible concept of time.  Unless 
you think she could handle it, if you call I wouldn't talk to her on the 
phone.
Barbara




Through the sunny fields of yesterday
Echo voices of children now grown,
Their golden peals of laughter
Ring upon the ivied stone.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:02 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights

Hi.  Circumstances have come up that have given me no choice but to leave 
Sarah with a family friend for about five days and five nights while her dad 
and I go out of town.  The sitters are completely trustworthy, so I'm not 
worried about that at all, but I've never left her for nearly that long. 
Two nights has been the max.  I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to 
make this easier on Sarah.  Have any of you had to do this, and what helped? 
Or maybe it's only me who's worrying too much, and she'll be unphased by the 
whole thing.  Thanks for anything you all can offer, this list really is a 
helpful resource.

Jo Elizabeth

"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never 
were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy
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