[blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights

[Dena Wainwright]

could you make some sort of fun make-shift calendar thingy. you could make 
little boxes with little presents in them: stickers, crayons, a little 
stuffed animal, etc. you could put the numbers 1 through 5 on the boxes. you 
could tell her that she gets to open 1 box every morning when she wakes up, 
and that when she opens the last box (#5), you'll come home.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights


> That's a good idea.  She does know how to count to five, though I'm not 
> sure she has a really good concept that the numbers mean something more 
> than the words.  Still, it might be better than nothing.  I just want her 
> to be secure that we'll be back.
>
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:26 PM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
>> 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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