[blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
Gabe Vega
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Thu Jan 27 12:16:10 UTC 2011
I agree, how does one's feeding of a hamburger to a child relevant to how a child is fed?
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On Jan 27, 2011, at 5:51 AM, sharon howerton wrote:
> Any chance the subject line can be changed to reflect the topic? And I thought this list was supposed to be about blindness related tips and all, not one's opinion of individual subscribers.
> Sharon Howerton
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
>
>> I, personally, like tammy and have learned tons from her. V
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Gabe Vega
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:38 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>>
>> some times I even wonder why Tammy isn't the owner of this list, she regards
>> herself as some sort of mommy goddess but damn she's annoying, she is never
>> possitive, always looks for the negative and its damn sure agitating.
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>> On Jan 26, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Robert Shelton wrote:
>>
>>> And what's the problem with this? I'm glad Sarah is progressing. We had
>> one about that age who wouldn't eat liver, which he really needed, and Linda
>> cut it up into little bitty pieces and put a drop of catchup on each bite.
>> He's 35 now and a manager for Whole Foods, so I don't think we stunted his
>> development. Some people just live to be critical, I guess.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:49 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
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some
>>>>>>>> and
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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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