[blparent] inflatable tub bumpers

Thu Apr 5 02:24:29 UTC 2012

I was considering these not for if he falls from a standing position like in
the way you're talking but more or less when he's playing around in a
sitting position.  Many a times I've stopped my son from hitting his head
from the inside of the tub because he's getting playful and just moves close
to the wall.  It's nothing that would really damage him but just hurt more
than anything.  The longer I think about it though the more I feel like it's
just one of those lessons they have to learn at some point when we can't
grab them quick enough.  I just want to make the transition into the big tub
as positive for Dawson as possible because he did so beautifully in his blow
up duck tub and the big tub has been a little scary for him because it's so
much bigger and different.  With each bath he's getting a lot more
comfortable and relaxed though so I think it's just one of those things that
takes a little time.  It's like potty training in a lot of ways and the last
thing you want is for the seat to pinch their little bottoms or for the
toilet seat to come down on your little guy's pecker because that would be a
major setback for sure.  I have a friend where the toilet seat coming down
on her son's peanus really happened when he was 3 years old and the poor
little boy didn't want anything to do with toilets for a while after that.
Thankfully now, they make little urinals that attach to your regular toilet
which can really help with that kind of thing if you want to teach the
urinal to your little boy.

Erin

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] inflatable tub bumpers

If a child is going to hit his head, I don't think it would be on the inside
of the tub.  Imagining the way a fall would go, the head would be more
likely to hit a flat or protruding surface, like the flat edge of the tub,
or the wall, or the faucet.  So I'd question whether the bumpers would be
necessary, especially since you wouldn't want to leave a toddler in the tub
for even a few seconds by himself.  If the bumpers make you feel safer to
have, then by all means, get them.  But I would guess that a bath mat or a
towel to prevent falls would do just as well.  Sometimes I think the baby
industry really tries to see how much money they can get new parents to
spend.

On a similar subject, I got one of those inflatable faucet covers at my baby
shower from the church, and I found the silly thing downright useless. 
There was no way to secure it to the faucet, so it was always falling off,
or getting pulled off, and it spent more time in the water than it ever did
covering the spout.

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: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:00 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] inflatable tub bumpers

> I believe the bumpers go all the way around the three sides, not 
> including the faucet side, so it wouldn't be easy for a toddler to 
> remove in the way you're talking.  After the toddler years one 
> wouldn't need this type of thing in the tub and that's when I could 
> see older kids getting creative with the bumpers. GRIN
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Kate McEachern
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 6:21 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] inflatable tub bumpers
>
> This just sounds like a bad idea. I have images of it being used as a 
> flote.
>
> Kate
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:42 PM
> Subject: [blparent] inflatable tub bumpers
>
>
>> Hello list,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am considering getting those inflatable bumpers for the regular tub 
>> that suction cup to the sides.  They come in Sesame Street and other 
>> fun designs.
>> My only worry is that they might not stick like they should but I'd 
>> love to put something on the tub walls to make the big tub a safer 
>> place for our
>> 17
>> month old.  Have any of you used this product?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Erin
>>
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