[blparent] Glad to join

Wed May 18 11:02:00 UTC 2011

Hi Erin,

Thanks. I've gotten a taste of that feeling already. It's so amazing to know 
that my son is growing inside me.

We are going to name him Jacob Matney Pettke. I considered changing the name 
because Jacob is so popular. But we just love the name, and we think it 
works well with my last name as his middle name.

We aren't doing a separate nursery right now. Our house has one huuuuge 
bedroom upstairs and two bedrooms downstairs. So Jacob will be spending the 
first few months in a co-sleeper that attaches to the side of our bed.  I 
like the idea that he will be so close by. Having said that, a number of his 
toys seem to involve a jungle theme, so I might consider that if I were 
doing a full nursery right now.

Thanks for the product ideas. I'm familiar with some of those items. I 
definitely want a My Breast Friend! And I need to find those waterproof 
disposable pads!

We opted for a Britax Chaperone infant car seat and a Britax B-Ready 
stroller. We really like the way the stroller pulls, and the car seat 
impressed us; it seemed so much sturdier than some of the others we looked 
at. I've seen Britax seats like the one you mentioned, and we will probably 
transition him to one of those when he is older. We also found something 
that we think will make travel around here a good deal easier for us. Public 
transportation isn't the greatest around here, so we use a lot of cabs. We 
have an Ergobaby carrier, which we plan to use whenever we can as opposed to 
the stroller. But we weren't sure what we would do with his car seat in 
those situations. we found a car seat travel backpack that holds the seat 
with plenty of room to spare. It's designed for people who want to check the 
car seat while flying, but for us, it will be a great general solution.

Again, welcome to the list.

Angie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join

> Congrats Angie.  You'll enjoy being a mother more than anything in the
> world.  Sometimes out of nowhere I'll just break-down and cry quietly out 
> of
> joy that my little guy brings me and because I feel so blessed.  It's a 
> hard
> emotion to explain, but you'll know what I mean when your baby's born and
> your heart over-flows with love for the little gift sleeping in your arms.
>
> Do you have any names picked out yet?  I remember how fun researching baby
> names was.  Meanings have a lot of importance to me so when I came across
> the name Dawson which is old English meaning "son of David" I just knew 
> that
> was the perfect name for our little one.
>
> What theme are you doing for the nursery?  I did a Noah's Ark theme which 
> is
> a lot of fun.  With all the animals around our pumpkin, we'll be shocked 
> if
> he doesn't grow up to be a veterinarian or animal biologist or something 
> of
> that sort. SMILING
>
> I did a ton of research on many many baby products so please let me know 
> if
> you have any questions about anything you're thinking about purchasing 
> since
> it's a little overwhelming with how many things are offered out there. 
> Some
> of the items I just couldn't live without include: my Breast Friend 
> nursing
> pillow which snaps and-or Velcro's onto your waist for ease of nursing, 
> the
> ultimate Crib Sheet by Summer Infant which is a waterproof crib sheet that
> snaps onto the rails of the crib and saves you from always taking the
> bumpers off each time the sheet needs to be changed, my nursing wrap that
> goes around my neck and has a wire loop in the front to allow for air flow
> and allows baby to look at your face when nursing.  I am forgetting the
> company that makes that wrap but you can get it at Baby's R Us and it's a
> must if your nursing since it will allow you to be much more confident in
> public when nursing because baby can't just tare the cover off of you
> exposing you to the world since it's around your neck.  I don't know what
> type of car seat you have but get whatever travel system you love the most
> and I recommend Britax for when your baby grows out of his infant car seat
> since it exceeds safety ratings and is extremely good quality in addition 
> to
> allowing your son to be in a 5 point harness into the higher pounds.  We
> have a Britax that will allow him to be rear facing until 40 pounds and
> forward facing until 70 pounds which I love.  Oh also, the waterproof
> disposable pads you can get from Baby's R Us are a must for the changing
> table as well so you're not doing loads and loads of laundry every day 
> every
> time your little fire fighter tries to put out a fire with his high 
> pressure
> hose which they're great at doing! GRIN  Okay, these are just a few of my
> faves and I could go on all night about the things I love and wouldn't 
> want
> to do without.
>
> Take care,
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Angie Matney
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:52 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join
>
> Hello Erin,
>
> I'm relatively new to this list myself. My boyfriend Chuck and I are
> expecting our first child, a boy, in July. I've already learned a lot by
> corresponding with people on this list. I'm an attorney, and Chuck and I
> live in Virginia.
>
> Best,
>
> Angie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:36 AM
> Subject: [blparent] Glad to join
>
>
>> Hello blind parents,
>>
>>
>>
>> My name is Erin and I'm thrilled to find a quality list serv for parents
>> who
>> are blind.  I have a six month old little boy named Dawson who is the joy
>> of
>> my husband David and my life.  He is doing so many new things nearly 
>> every
>> day which is wonderful to witness and my guide dog Provo and him are just
>> the best of buds.  It's really sweet to see exactly how close my guide 
>> has
>> gotten to Dawson and Dawson just giggles with delight whenever he sees 
>> the
>> dog around.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've been blind since birth with LCA.  I have put my career outside of 
>> the
>> home on hold in order to be a stay at home mom which I feel very blessed
>> to
>> be able to do.  Our son is truly the sunshine of our lives and after
>> nearly
>> 12 years of marriage I can honestly say that he was worth the wait.
>>
>>
>>
>> I look forward to corresponding with all of you on a variety of subjects
>> and
>> it's great to know that I now have others I can throw questions out to
>> when
>> needed since I don't have that many blind friends who are also parents.
>>
>>
>>
>> Warmly,
>>
>>
>>
>> Erin
>>
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