[blparent] Glad to join

Fri May 20 01:04:57 UTC 2011

Hi Erin:
I joined this list a little over a month ago myself. I have a three month 
old named Noah. I actually used the Noah's Arc theme for my showers as well.
I have received awesome tips thus far and look forward to communicating with 
everyone and sharing ideas.
Janel
----- 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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