[blparent] urgent request: ideas needed for future blind mom's retreat

[David Andrews]

A couple of our lists are that old, but not this one.

Dave

At 08:14 PM 9/16/2011, you wrote:
>If this list existed 12 years ago I didn't know about it, what I have found
>from this group is their support.  It is always nice to know that someone is
>backing you in your choices of being a mother.
>Sure it nice to have accessories for you and your baby, but they aren't the
>most important thing here.  Someone to pat you on the back, to agree or
>disagree with you about this or that, someone to just say,xx, you did it
>exactly the way I would of!
>One of the best accessories I found was the talking thermometer.  Ilearned
>quickly that the only place I could take my daughter's temp was under her
>armpit.  It works to this day.
>Humphrey's for teething, found at any pharmacy.
>A night cap, I was told if Gab wore it, her hair wouldn't fall out, but it
>did anyway, babies just do that.
>It's okay to let your baby get food on them, it washes off.
>Don't let your baby sleep with you too much, the habit is hard to break and
>very heart breaking for new mom's.
>V
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez
>Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 2:17 PM
>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>Cc: laurammillar at gmail.com; Lauren Manierre; lrodn2005; lmartinez; Jessie
>Lorenz
>Subject: [blparent] urgent request: ideas needed for future blind mom's
>retreat
>
>Hello Mommas (and poppas can share ideas too),
>
>We, as in the agency I work for, have the unique opportunity to
>possibly  create and host a blind mom's retreat at our Enchanted Hills
>camp in Napa. Since I am a new mom I've been tasked with creating the
>look and feel of this retreat. So, I need your help. The grant we are
>applying for gives money to help support and fund the education and
>development of women and girls. To appeal to their very generous
>hearts, we need to make this retreat obviously educational. I knhow,
>and we all know, that networking and simply talking to each other is
>rather educational in and of itself. But, we cannot have an entire
>weekend of sharing ideas like that. There will be some of that, of
>course, however, we need more structure. That is where all of you come
>in.
>
>What would you find educational and useful to learn at such a cool
>retreat? What were some of the things you would have liked to know
>about when you were pregnant or a new mom? What kinds of challenges
>did you deal with in terms of doctor office visits, nursing, feeding,
>your own health care, researching baby products, etc, etc.
>
>One thing I'd like to have during the retreat is a lactation
>consultant come up and talk about nursing. The new moms I know in this
>area all expressed some concerns about nursing. All new moms do, but
>sometimes, the lactation consulting isn't helpful to us unless we get
>some hands-on help.
>
>Okay, what else?
>
>Feel free to respond to my email off list. Or, if you would prefer to
>talk please call me by Sept. 19. My cell is: 510-289-2577. I need your
>thoughts by Sept. 19 because that's when we brainstorm here at work.
>
>Many, many, many thanks ladies,
>Lisamaria