[blparent] question

[Veronica Smith]

I believe at the time that Gab was that age, they had Hot Wheel computers
for boys. V

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Erin Rumer
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] question

Yes, they have some great toy laptops now that he would probably get a kick
out of.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Pipi
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 12:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] question

Can you get him his own little laptop? I did this with my daughter. If she
touched my computer, I'd redirect her, saying this is mommy's computer, here
is your computer to play with.
Pipi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:47 PM
Subject: [blparent] question


> Hi all.  Since Michael's more mobile, he likes to get into everything 
> and I used to be able to read to him from my Pac Mate without a 
> problem.  Now, he's constantly trying to push buttons on my Pac Mate 
> or my laptop when I'm using them.  I figured out how to lock the 
> keyboard on my Pac Mate so he won't screw anything up.  Is there an 
> effective way to minimize or stop this behavior?  One thing I've tried 
> is this: when I'm reading and he comes up to my Pac Mate, I stop 
> reading and I turn my face in another direction so I'm not looking in 
> his direction.  When he leaves my Pac Mate alone and goes off to play 
> with something else, I start reading again.  I'm sure this is probably 
> a phase that we just have to get through so any help would be greatly 
> appreciated.  Thanks.
>
> Leslie
>
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