[blparent] passing the baby

Wed Apr 4 22:11:30 UTC 2012

Neither Rebecca nor I said that being a nanny or a baby-sitter held less 
responsibility than being a mom.  It's just a different circumstance.  While 
some of us might let a baby be passed around among family and friends, and 
others might not, none of us would consider letting the baby be passed 
around among strangers.  That's just crazy.

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: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 2:23 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] passing the baby

> Brandy, I agree!  I used to let Gab float around with my good friends and 
> my
> family, but heaven forbid in a crowd of strangers.  That would hold true
> even if it had not been my own, if I know the peeps it is always 
> different.
> Whether or not, you are a nanny, babysitter or just taking care of a baby
> for a friend, responsibility is and always should be the most important
> aspect.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Brandy W
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 12:30 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] passing the baby
>
> I provide child care in my home. I also took care of my niece very
> frequently for the first 7 years of her life. I'm speaking of any large 
> crud
> in a larger space where there are more people than one is comfortable 
> with.
> I don't think in this thread whether I get to go home or not has anything 
> to
> do with what we are talking about. We are talking about whether or not we
> let others hold our children. So I don't play pass the baby I keep the 
> child
> I'm with with me, and prefer to where them so others are less likely to 
> ask
> for them. If I do let someone it is someone I know well, and they know 
> they
> shouldn't hand the child to anyone else. I have cared for babies at
> convention, many other conventions, places where I've done toy booths, and
> in everyday life. It is just my way of doing things. I don't think 
> attacking
> me stating that I'm just a nanny was relevant or necessary.
>
> Bran
>
>
>
>
> "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out 
> is
> a spark."
> - Victor Hugo
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 1:44 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] passing the baby
>
>        Aren't you a nanny?
> Not that what you have to say isn't important, it's s just different.
> Plus, you can go home at the end of the day. That makes a huge amount of
> difference.
>
> Lastly, are you speaking of random strangers and the parents are thinking 
> of
> people they know? That too makes a difference.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Brandy W
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:03 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] passing the baby
>
> When I have a baby with me I do not play pass the baby for many many
> reasons. One is the main reason mentioned here where you don't know where
> the child is. Second is people then think they have control of the baby 
> and
> will proceed to think it needs to eat or be changed or things like that 
> when
> they usually just want me. Last is germs. Who knows who's hand these 
> people
> have shaken, and who is sick with what. Babies don't need to be exposed to
> that many germs. If aa good friend is sitting by me I may allow that 
> person
> to hold the child, but will ask them to use some hand sanitizer. I've 
> found
> that if I where the baby in a front or back carrier than people ask less.
>
> Bran
>
>
>
>
> "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out 
> is
> a spark."
> - Victor Hugo
>
> Brandy Wojcik  Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team leader
> (512) 689-5045
> www.playtoachieve.com
> Follow me on Face Book at
> http://www.facebook.com/PlayToAchieve.DiscoveryToys
>
> Read my new blog at www.playtoachieveballstobooks.wordpress.com
>
> Looking forward to helping you with your educational toy needs!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 6:33 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] passing the baby
>
> I really didn't like strangers holding my baby, but when we went to a 
> family
> thing, everyone wanted to hold Gab and passed around she went.  But they
> were family members, if the room was full of strangers, I probably would 
> of
> said, not right now.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of jan wright
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:48 PM
> To: blparent
> Subject: [blparent] passing the baby
>
> Hi all,
> I had a question and wondered if you could help.
>
> My 23yo daughter just married on 4/1 .
> We were elated and like the man she married.
> My husband and I took our 4mo baby boy.
> Everyone wanted to hole him.
> the problem was that someone would come and talk to us and  the holder 
> would
> pass the baby to someone else, then to someone else and I did not know
> "where" the baby was or "who "  had him. This is annoying for me. I would
> have to continuously ask sighted people around me: "Who has the baby,"
> "Where is the baby?"
> Before, when I had my little ones, I would just make them off limits to
> others because:
> when they were babies, we did not go out much and when we did, I wanted to
> know where they were, etc. when people asked to hold my little ones, I 
> would
> just decline because it just seemed too hectic and chaotic. But, does 
> anyone
> have any suggestions to make it easier without just saying "no?"
>
> Thanks.
>
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