[blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights

Tammy tcl189 at rogers.com
Wed Jan 26 00:30:35 UTC 2011 

Hi,

Oh she’s a nibbler is she!  lol  That explains that then.  My boys take huge bites of everything, so they demolish burgers like that in record time. 

Tammy

From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto 
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:48 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights

Sure, she has teeth.  But if we waited till she took teeny tiny bites and 
finished a hamburger by herself that way last night, neither of us would 
have made it to work this morning.  So after a little while of the nibbles, 
we started tearing off a more appropriately sized bite that she could chew 
and swallow, to speed the process along.  Hopefully that will be a 
short-lived habit.

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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From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 2:34 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights

> Hi,
>
> Why did you tear it up in to bite sized pieces?  Doesn’t she have teeth? 
> Remus is 2, or he will be next month and does just fine with burgers and 
> sandwitches cut in half.  If the food is particularly messy I cut them 
> into quarters, but he manages with either very well.  It’s sad when all 
> that baby stuff goes away.  I remember when Colyn first started talking he 
> said cute things, like he called pizza passy, and pancakes mama cakes 
> because I always make my pancakes from scratch and they were a particular 
> favourite of his at the time.  But as he got older he stopped saying and 
> doing cute baby things, and now he’s all grown up, or at least, he thinks 
> he is, anyway.  Thank goodness I still have Remus to be a baby for a bit 
> longer.
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:20 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Well, we thought we would strike while the iron was hot, so we went to
> Burger King last night, and Sarah ate a kids' cheeseburger that we tore up
> into bite-sized pieces.  Then she wanted to sleep in her big girl's bed,
> which has been in her room for more than a year, and in which she had 
> showed
> absolutely no interest till now.  I've got a little twinge because all
> things baby seem to be passing away very quickly, but apparently this 
> little
> adventure has helped her take a few growth steps that I hadn't expected.
>
> 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: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:10 PM
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
>> She probably ate it because  when in rome, do as they do.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of sharon howerton
>> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 5:32 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth, I'm glad things went well, but don't count on Sarah eating
>> meat now that she's back home! Yes, go figure is right!
>> Sharon
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 5:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>>
>>
>>> Well, we're back, and Sarah did great.  Apparently she asked where I was
>>> a
>>
>>> few times, but that was the extent of it.  More than that, she slept in 
>>> a
>>> big girl's bed and ate meat, which she never does at home.  Go figure.
>>>
>>> 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: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 1:22 PM
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Oh I completely understand where you're coming from, I hate leaving my
>>>> kids for any length of time.  It always seems that they've change so
>>>> much
>>
>>>> when I see them again, even if it's only a couple of days since I've
>>>> seen
>>
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>>> Tammy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:21 PM
>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, time is short, but I think I could do something simple with the
>>>> five
>>>> things for five days idea.  Maybe five of the little suckers she likes,
>>>> one
>>>> for each day, and when she eats the last one, we'll be back that day. 
>>>> I
>>>> asked her what she wants to take along, and will be sending the big 
>>>> bear
>>>> she
>>>> always sleeps with.  She's actually excited to the max because she's
>>>> been
>>
>>>> to
>>>> the place where she's going before, and even spent the night there 
>>>> once.
>>>> So, like people have said, this may be more my issue than hers.  She's
>>>> fairly adaptable and outgoing--sometimes I wish I could say the same 
>>>> for
>>>> myself.
>>>>
>>>> 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: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:52 AM
>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>>>>
>>>>> This is great advice.  Reading stories in your own voice and recording
>>>>> them
>>>>> is a great idea.  Maybe if she likes to look at pictures you could 
>>>>> give
>>>>> her
>>>>> a small album with pictures of you and her dad, and maybe even all of
>>>>> you
>>>>> together so she has something to look at if she gets sad.  You could
>>>>> talk
>>>>> to
>>>>> your friends and see if they would be willing to have her draw a
>>>>> special
>>>>> picture for you of what she has done each day you're gone, or do some
>>>>> other
>>>>> type of small project to give to you when you come back.  Also, as 
>>>>> much
>>>>> as
>>>>> possible, having her routines will be comforting.  If there's a 
>>>>> special
>>>>> object she sleeps with at night, or a special book, or number of books
>>>>> you
>>>>> read, or favorite music she listens to either during the day or at
>>>>> night,
>>>>> make sure the friends caring for her know about these things.  Perhaps
>>>>> you
>>>>> could buy her something special before the trip.  When I had Oriana I
>>>>> bought
>>>>> Austin a Pillow Pet he had been wanting for a long time.  This is a
>>>>> different situation, of course, but I told him the Pillow Pet was from
>>>>> his
>>>>> new brother or sister and was his Big Brother present.  I actually 
>>>>> gave
>>>>> it
>>>>> to him a couple of weeks before Oriana was born, and he slept with it
>>>>> every
>>>>> night.  We really talked it up, and we told him he could bring the
>>>>> Pillow
>>>>> Pet to our friends' house when I went to the hospital to have the 
>>>>> baby.
>>>>> I
>>>>> don't know if it was the Pillow Pet, or the preparation we did ahead 
>>>>> of
>>>>> time, or a combination of the two, but he had no problem going to our
>>>>> friends' house and staying there for the nights I was in the hospital.
>>>>> You
>>>>> may want to try something similar--I don't know.
>>>>> Preparation is also key.  I certainly wouldn't over do it, but
>>>>> telling her that you and Daddy have to go on a trip, but that people
>>>>> will
>>>>> be
>>>>> caring for her, and that you will call her and be thinking about her
>>>>> would
>>>>> help her at least to understand a bit about what is going to happen.
>>>>> You
>>>>> will probably be more upset than she is in the long run, but be
>>>>> prepared
>>>>> for
>>>>> tears when you leave and possibly some tearful phone
>>>>> conversations--that
>>>>> is
>>>>> if she'll talk to you at all on the phone.
>>>>> One more thing I thought of...  It sounds as if she's all ready
>>>>> familiar with the people who will be caring for her, but perhaps 
>>>>> having
>>>>> them
>>>>> over ahead of time to play with her a bit so she is even more used to
>>>>> them
>>>>> might help.  Austin went to Wisconsin this summer with my sister for a
>>>>> week.
>>>>> I was really worried about having him away from me for that long,
>>>>> especially
>>>>> since he doesn't see my sister very much.  She came a couple of days
>>>>> ahead
>>>>> of time however, and when it came time for them to leave for the
>>>>> airport
>>>>> together it was me who was crying after they left...  He was all ready
>>>>> to
>>>>> go.  Believe me, I know this type of thing is hard, but I am sure she
>>>>> will
>>>>> be fine, and you will make it through as well!  As always, she'll take
>>>>> her
>>>>> cues from you, so the more upbeat you can be about it, while also
>>>>> acknowledging the fact that she might feel sad and that you will feel
>>>>> sad
>>>>> and miss her--but that it's going to be all right--the better off
>>>>> she'll
>>>>> be.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope some of this helps!
>>>>> Melissa
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>> On
>>>>> Behalf Of Brandy W
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:32 PM
>>>>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>>>>>
>>>>> One thing that tends to help is to read a book on CD or something that
>>>>> she
>>>>> can hear when ever she misses other you. Otherwise bring some things
>>>>> she
>>>>> loves at home, and know you will be more upset than her. Hope it works
>>>>> out
>>>>> fine.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>> On
>>>>> Behalf Of 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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