[blparent] inflatable tub bumpers

Thu Apr 5 04:39:30 UTC 2012

How can bouncing on one's heels be a hazard? If that's the case, then the 
involuntary shaking and bouncing of my legs would be a real hazard, since my 
legs don't go anywhere!
There is a fine line between keeping them safe and sheltering/helpicopter 
parenting.  I'm taking a leaf out of my cousin's book. He can play outside, 
climb trees, etc. Scraping his knees or elbows isn't   something bad, it's 
part of life. She would never let him get seriously hurt, i.e broken bone, 
or would never let him eat dog poopie he found on the ground, of course. But 
she would let him be a child. She put white wallpaper up in his room, and 
gave him a box of 128 crayons, and told him he could decorate it however he 
wanted. So he did some of the nicest abstract colouring. However, he knows 
that he is not allowed to do that in the rest of the house, and abides by 
that law.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kate McEachern" <kflsouth at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] inflatable tub bumpers


> Its a millyen daller indestry to keep kids safe.  And the more products to 
> keep kids safe, the more activities of childhood are lost.  I've heard of 
> parks not alowing slides, kids getting time out for running in a tot lot, 
> and Ash once got sent home with a note because when she was saposed to 
> stand still she was bouncing on her heals and according to the school this 
> was a hazerd to all.  There's a fine line between what keeps kids safe and 
> hellacopter parenting.  But I have seen some parents starting to relax if 
> even just a bit.  Not saying kids shouldn't be wotched its just I know 
> parents that I think forgot how to blink with their levels of vidgulence.
>
> Kate
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:08 PM
> 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
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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
>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> 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>
>>> To: "NFB blind parent listserv" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> 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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