[blparent] blparent Digest, Vol 80, Issue 27

[Jennifer Bose]

What a good discussion topic for me to join in on! I haven't left my
15-month-old baby daughter Abigail for a couple of nights, but she's
left me instead! Nothing to be worried about, though: My mom has been
taking care of her on some of the days that I work. She lives about
three hours away from us. This past week, she and my dad asked if they
could have her at their house for the weekend. With mixed feelings, I
said they could. I knew I would miss her but I also knew there was a
lot I could do while she wasn't around, including get some rest.
Anyway, it cheers me up to know that she's having a nice time with
them and that they're enjoying their time with her. She's their only
grandchild and she keeps them going now that she's a confident walker
and a very curious little girl.

Jen

PS: I get the digest version of this list and any time a lister
replies to a message, me included, the whole string of messages is
included in the reply. Is there any way to just reply to one message
without sending the whole digest again? I know this would be easy to
do in Outlook, but since I'm using Gmail, I'm not sure what to do.
Thanks.

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>    1. Re: Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights (Veronica Smith)
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>       Nights (Veronica Smith)
>    3. Re: Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights (Sheila Leigland)
>    4. Re: Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights (Sheila Leigland)
>    5. Re: babies and big brothers was	Leavinga	Toddlerfor	Several
>       Nights (Tammy)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:11:45 -0700
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
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> One is good, I only have one and she is 11.  I was almost 40 when God
> finally decided it was time to be pregnant.  Oh well, I'm glad.  Right now
> she is sitting on the floor infront of me, creating a doll house out of
> cardboard with our husky doing everything in her power to help. Haha!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 2:52 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> We only got to have one and he is now 23 years old. Maybe I shouldn't be
> interested in the list but I want to help because it isn't fun feeling alone
> in being blind parents. Especially with both of us being blind.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 1:46 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> How old are your children?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:10 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> I feel the same way. There were times that it seemed there were no other
> blind parents around.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:52 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Sometimes it takes seeing both sides of the coin and this is how I parent.
> Thanks for teaching me so many things.  Oh how I wish I had you when Gab was
> a baby.  Better late than never.  V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:51 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> Veronica, Thank you!  I assure you, the feeling is very mutual.  smile
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:33 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> 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.
> Gabe Vega
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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
>>>>>>> draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day
>>>>>>> some."--Robert
>>>>>>> Fulghum
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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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> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:17:06 -0700
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] babies and big brothers was Leaving	a
> 	Toddlerfor	Several Nights
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> That is too cute, I do have a friend who has a daughter named Rhayley which
> is close to Shayley. Cute cute.
> A friend of mine bought her daughter this really cute turtle nightlight.
> When it's on the beam of light illuminates a spot on the ceiling and that
> spot is a planet.  I guess the plantet changes every so often.  Sounds cool
> to me. V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 8:18 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] babies and big brothers was Leaving a Toddlerfor
> Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> He will be 6 in a month, and is very excited about his birthday.  He?s in
> grade 1 so is quite a sponge where information is concerned.  he?s really in
> to math and science, asking about the mmoon and all things numbers and
> astronomy.  He has quite a talent for dates, if I don?t know what day of the
> week February 23rd is on, all I have to do is ask him and he?ll tell me.  I
> don?t know how he does it, but his teacher is quite impressed with him.  He
> wanted to name the baby Hayleyaroo, pronounced Hayley aroo, Rosey after one
> of his tv shows, and Shayley, oh, and Arrabell.  We don?t really like any of
> those names, but I guess he?s come along way since Remus was born, because
> he wanted to call that baby bacon.  lol  He?s a great big brother, and we
> couldn?t be prouder of him, he?s an amazing kid.
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:50 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] babies and big brothers was Leaving a Toddlerfor
> Several Nights
>
> When I was pregnant, we called Gab Boo.  Even at our shower, the cake was
> addressed to Boo.  I am so glad it didn't stick.  My husband did tease that
> he was going to name our baby Bob, no matter what. Sheesh! I hope for
> Colllin's sake, he gets a sister.  What are some of the names he has chosen?
>
> How old is Collin and what cute things is he doing? V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 11:36 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] babies and big brothers was Leaving a Toddler for
> Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> lol lol, My husband and people around me have had to suffer through a bit of
> storminess this pregnancy, but my husband says I?m easy to live with.  I
> think he?s just being nice.  grin  On a baby note, Colyn is not very happy
> with me right now.  He really wants a sister, in fact so much so that when
> we told him we were having another baby he immediately started calling it a
> she, and coming up with names for her, and they were pretty strange names
> too.   But I had to tell him that we weren?t sure the baby was a girl, and
> he didn?t talk to me for the rest of the night.  He?s very interested in the
> baby, he talks to it, and when I came back from my doctor yesterday I told
> him that I was going on Tuesday to see the baby via ultrasound.  Well he
> begged to come with me, so I told him he could if he wanted to.  Hopefully
> he or she will cooperate and we can stop calling the baby an it.  And
> hopefully if it?s a boy Colyn will get over it and be okay by the birth.  I
> did tell him that if it was a boy it was daddy?s fault.  lol
> Tammy
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:32 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Oh, yeah, do blame that baby.  This is the only time you can do that and it
> not be called child abuse. JK, Smile! Please do smile as I was just teasing
> you! v
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:25 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> No, Rebecca was talking to Ken on the baby gate subject.  I was answering
> Robbert?s message about the ridiculous hamburger mess, that was simply a
> question, and wasn?t meant to offend anybody although it appears it did for
> some reason.  I appologize if I came across a little um, I have no idea what
> word to even use here, but we all have our moments.  Can I blame pregnancy?
> lol
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:37 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> I don't think Rebecca was talking to you. v
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:36 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> I never said there was a problem with it, I was just curious as to why it
> needed to be done.  Jo Elizabeth answered my question, so why is there a
> problem?
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Robert Shelton
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:21 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> 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
>>>>>> draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day
>>>>>> some."--Robert
>>>>>> Fulghum
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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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> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:33:26 -0700
> From: Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net>
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
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> I was 32 when Mark was born. He was the best decision we ever made. Kids
> teach us who we really are what a  blessing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:11 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> One is good, I only have one and she is 11.  I was almost 40 when God
> finally decided it was time to be pregnant.  Oh well, I'm glad.  Right now
> she is sitting on the floor infront of me, creating a doll house out of
> cardboard with our husky doing everything in her power to help. Haha!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 2:52 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> We only got to have one and he is now 23 years old. Maybe I shouldn't be
> interested in the list but I want to help because it isn't fun feeling alone
> in being blind parents. Especially with both of us being blind.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 1:46 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> How old are your children?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:10 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> I feel the same way. There were times that it seemed there were no other
> blind parents around.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:52 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Sometimes it takes seeing both sides of the coin and this is how I parent.
> Thanks for teaching me so many things.  Oh how I wish I had you when Gab was
> a baby.  Better late than never.  V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:51 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> Veronica, Thank you!  I assure you, the feeling is very mutual.  smile
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:33 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> 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.
> Gabe Vega
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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
>>>>>>> draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day
>>>>>>> some."--Robert
>>>>>>> Fulghum
>>>>>>> Brandy Wojcik  Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team leader
>>>>>>> (512) 689-5045
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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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> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:30:27 -0700
> From: Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net>
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
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> It's so fun to watch them build things and even more fun when the dogs get
> involved. I have a guide dog named drake and my husband will be getting a
> new dog. We just had to put his dog down because she had cancer. We waited
> until Mark was twelve before we went to get our dogs because we knew that
> leaving him with family for that long would be hard on him and it still was.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:11 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> One is good, I only have one and she is 11.  I was almost 40 when God
> finally decided it was time to be pregnant.  Oh well, I'm glad.  Right now
> she is sitting on the floor infront of me, creating a doll house out of
> cardboard with our husky doing everything in her power to help. Haha!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 2:52 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> We only got to have one and he is now 23 years old. Maybe I shouldn't be
> interested in the list but I want to help because it isn't fun feeling alone
> in being blind parents. Especially with both of us being blind.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 1:46 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> How old are your children?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:10 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> I feel the same way. There were times that it seemed there were no other
> blind parents around.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:52 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Sometimes it takes seeing both sides of the coin and this is how I parent.
> Thanks for teaching me so many things.  Oh how I wish I had you when Gab was
> a baby.  Better late than never.  V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:51 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> Veronica, Thank you!  I assure you, the feeling is very mutual.  smile
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:33 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> 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.
> Gabe Vega
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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
>>>>>>> draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day
>>>>>>> some."--Robert
>>>>>>> Fulghum
>>>>>>> Brandy Wojcik  Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team leader
>>>>>>> (512) 689-5045
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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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> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:28:33 -0500
> From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] babies and big brothers was	Leavinga
> 	Toddlerfor	Several Nights
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> Hi,
>
> I?m sure we?ll come up with something he?ll like, but right now, we don?t
> have any names picked out.  Last time we had them picked before we knew we
> were pregnant.  Actually, that?s not quite true either, we always knew what
> we?d call a boy, we never had a girl?s name, and we still don?t.
> The turtle nightlight sounds cool.  We were thinking about getting a mobile
> that projects immages on to the cealing for our new little one.  We had the
> fisher price aquarium for Remus and I had something similar for Colyn and
> the babies seem to like it a lot.
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:17 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] babies and big brothers was Leavinga Toddlerfor
> Several Nights
>
> That is too cute, I do have a friend who has a daughter named Rhayley which
> is close to Shayley. Cute cute.
> A friend of mine bought her daughter this really cute turtle nightlight.
> When it's on the beam of light illuminates a spot on the ceiling and that
> spot is a planet.  I guess the plantet changes every so often.  Sounds cool
> to me. V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 8:18 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] babies and big brothers was Leaving a Toddlerfor
> Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> He will be 6 in a month, and is very excited about his birthday.  He?s in
> grade 1 so is quite a sponge where information is concerned.  he?s really in
> to math and science, asking about the mmoon and all things numbers and
> astronomy.  He has quite a talent for dates, if I don?t know what day of the
> week February 23rd is on, all I have to do is ask him and he?ll tell me.  I
> don?t know how he does it, but his teacher is quite impressed with him.  He
> wanted to name the baby Hayleyaroo, pronounced Hayley aroo, Rosey after one
> of his tv shows, and Shayley, oh, and Arrabell.  We don?t really like any of
> those names, but I guess he?s come along way since Remus was born, because
> he wanted to call that baby bacon.  lol  He?s a great big brother, and we
> couldn?t be prouder of him, he?s an amazing kid.
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:50 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] babies and big brothers was Leaving a Toddlerfor
> Several Nights
>
> When I was pregnant, we called Gab Boo.  Even at our shower, the cake was
> addressed to Boo.  I am so glad it didn't stick.  My husband did tease that
> he was going to name our baby Bob, no matter what. Sheesh! I hope for
> Colllin's sake, he gets a sister.  What are some of the names he has chosen?
>
> How old is Collin and what cute things is he doing? V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 11:36 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] babies and big brothers was Leaving a Toddler for
> Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> lol lol, My husband and people around me have had to suffer through a bit of
> storminess this pregnancy, but my husband says I?m easy to live with.  I
> think he?s just being nice.  grin  On a baby note, Colyn is not very happy
> with me right now.  He really wants a sister, in fact so much so that when
> we told him we were having another baby he immediately started calling it a
> she, and coming up with names for her, and they were pretty strange names
> too.   But I had to tell him that we weren?t sure the baby was a girl, and
> he didn?t talk to me for the rest of the night.  He?s very interested in the
> baby, he talks to it, and when I came back from my doctor yesterday I told
> him that I was going on Tuesday to see the baby via ultrasound.  Well he
> begged to come with me, so I told him he could if he wanted to.  Hopefully
> he or she will cooperate and we can stop calling the baby an it.  And
> hopefully if it?s a boy Colyn will get over it and be okay by the birth.  I
> did tell him that if it was a boy it was daddy?s fault.  lol
> Tammy
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:32 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Oh, yeah, do blame that baby.  This is the only time you can do that and it
> not be called child abuse. JK, Smile! Please do smile as I was just teasing
> you! v
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:25 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> No, Rebecca was talking to Ken on the baby gate subject.  I was answering
> Robbert?s message about the ridiculous hamburger mess, that was simply a
> question, and wasn?t meant to offend anybody although it appears it did for
> some reason.  I appologize if I came across a little um, I have no idea what
> word to even use here, but we all have our moments.  Can I blame pregnancy?
> lol
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:37 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> I don't think Rebecca was talking to you. v
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:36 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> Hi,
>
> I never said there was a problem with it, I was just curious as to why it
> needed to be done.  Jo Elizabeth answered my question, so why is there a
> problem?
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Robert Shelton
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:21 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Leaving a Toddler for Several Nights
>
> 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
>>>>>> draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day
>>>>>> some."--Robert
>>>>>> Fulghum
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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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