[blparent] Glad to join

Wed May 18 15:18:36 UTC 2011

Hi being a momj changes everything I think for the better. I once told my doctor that was expecting a baby in the family that it changes who you are. About a year later he said you know your right and I didn't know what he was refering to and he gsaid the experienbce of being parents changed who they were. I was surprised he remembered because sometimes i feel because I'm blind people don't think that I know much about anything. Lol.

-----Original Message-----
From: Erin Rumer <erinrumer at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:16 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
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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