[blparent] experiences of blind parents with more than one smallchild

[Kliph&Sharrie]

I have 9 kids total.  4 are by my wife.  But before I got married, I was a single father raising 3 girls only a year apart each.  Cabs were too expensive, so that was not an option.  So I had one in a carrier, and one in each hand.  It was hard to hold a totalller hand and work a cane at the same time, but I found a way.  Once they got a little bit older, they learned that Dad couldn't see, and they needed to behave when we went places.  So instead of me holding both there hands, I held one hand and the other child would hold her sisters hand.  But the thing I learned is, the older they get, the easier it gets.  At least for me.  Now my wife and I have the 4 kids, 2 boys 2 girls.  Ages 6, 5, 4, and almost 2.  Makes easier on the clothing bill, but a little harder when going out.

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On Sep 8, 2011, at 2:42 PM, r mskb wrote:

> Jen, my older two kids were ten months apart because of the second one  showing up ahead of time.
> 
> As a result, I started using a back carrier for  the older one by the time he was one. I mostly used city bus at that time; so, I had to be quite careful with my movements because of one child on my back and another in the car seat. I'm a White Cane user, so,  I could never carry anything else with me. 
> 
> For avoiding this situation, one could  have at least two years' gap between two kids. It also gives  the first child more space and attention to grow as the only favorite child and you never know. They might even adopt their younger sibling. Those two kids are now  almost thirteen and twelve, and  they still compete for parental attention.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Sushil  
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Jennifer Bose 
>  To: blparent 
>  Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 8:13 PM
>  Subject: [blparent] experiences of blind parents with more than one smallchild
> 
> 
>  Hi.
> 
>  I'm interested in starting a discussion particularly with any parents
>  who are totally blind and have more than one child. My husband and I,
>  neither of whom depend much on sight for anything now, were talking
>  about what it would be like if we had more than one small child. While
>  that's exciting to think about, we got overwhelmed considering all the
>  logistics of so many things such as traveling with two small children
>  or just keeping them safe. For the first five years, at least, all
>  kinds of challenges could possibly come up. What has been the
>  experience of people who have taken this path? How did you manage? For
>  example, what was it like to take paratransit with not one but two car
>  seats? If one of you was with the children and the other had a busy
>  job or was not around much, did you get outside help? Please let me
>  know. Thanks.
> 
>  Jen
> 
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