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

Mon Sep 19 14:56:34 UTC 2011

My mantra for the past few years has been, "It's just a mess.  It'll wash."

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 6:28 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] urgent request: ideas needed for futureblind	mom'sretreat> I loved having my daughter sleep with me. Once I figured out how to do it, 
it was wonderful. We still sleep together when we need or want to.  I'd so 
not worry about doing it too much.  I'd care more about if it no longer 
feels right either situationally or not then on doing it too much.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 9:15 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] urgent request: ideas needed for future blind 
> mom's retreat
>
> 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
>
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