[blparent] inflatable tub bumpers but now changing subject to park safety

Erin Rumer erinrumer at gmail.com
Thu Apr 5 16:16:38 UTC 2012 

Okay, this is an interesting topic but we need to change the subject line
because we've gotten far away from talking about tub bumpers.

On the topic of safety at parks and such though there is a huge difference
between being an attentive and conscious parent and being a helicopter
parent.  It is one thing to do all we can as parents to keep our children
safe, be involved in what they're doing and try and avoid unnecessary
injury, and it's another thing to hover over them at all moments and
constantly intercede with each and everything they do.  Getting hurt is
definitely part of being a kid and learning but it's a balancing act of
helping them learn and keeping them truly safe.  We aren't going to let our
toddler touch the stove to learn about hot things but touching our hot
coffee cup will teach them about hot things without actually hurting them.
At parks it is very important to inspect the equipment before our kids or we
ourselves get on it because some parks maintain their equipment better than
others.  There a lot more injuries that happen every year than you ever hear
about and I'm an example of that.  I have always loved parks and all the fun
they provide but back in 2003 I was swinging with my husband at a park on a
beautiful spring day and one of the chains of my swing was rusted through
near the top and it broke.  I fell onto the solid ground because the park
didn't extend the sand far enough and I broke eight bones in my back,
rotated my right hip and tore a ton of muscle in my right shoulder.  It's an
absolute miracle I didn't get a spinal cord injury.  My physical therapist
in the hospital told me that I was one out of three adult patients in the
hospital at that time he was treating for swing related injuries.  Pretty
stunning huh!!  We didn't want to sue at all and I don't recommend for
anyone to go through a suit unless they truly have to but in this case the
park district wouldn't take care of my medical bills which is all I was
asking for and the worst thing is they weren't willing to take care of the
equipment at the park.  Three years later we won a suit against the park
district and the equipment was replaced and my bills were paid.  Our lawyer
told us that a lot of times these big dogs don't do anything until an actual
suit is made which is nuts but sometimes what has to happen.  It's such a
waste of time, money and energy for everyone involved.  Thank God today I
just deal with some chronic pane but nothing else from that horrible
accident.  I was worried that getting pregnant was going to make my chronic
pane much worse but praise the Lord I had a pretty pane free pregnancy.

Erin
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Tay Laurie
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 7:14 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] inflatable tub bumpers

That's another thing, the winning/losing. They don't want the kids to
experience losing. They don't want to trample on their self-esteem. Pardon
me, but I played plenty of win-lose games, still do, actually, and it
doesn't crush me if I lose. I don't think it crushes very many, if any, kids
if they win or lose, once they understand it's not the end of the world.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy" <pshald at neb.rr.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] inflatable tub bumpers


> Oh I think a lot of parents are over protective and also sue happy, as 
> mentioned on this list.  A lot of the playground equipment is being 
> taken down because it's a safety hazzard.  Games can't be played 
> because of safety reasons or because someone wins or loses.  We have a 
> trampoline in our backyard and a couple summers ago our little 
> neighbor boy fell off and broke his arm and I thought surely she'll 
> sue but she didn't, she believes like I do, accidents happen and kids 
> will get hurt.  They want them to have the physical activities because 
> they're overweight but so many things are taken away, what are they
supposed to do?
>
> When Dylan started taking baths on his own, until he could sit up I 
> took a bath with him.  I bought a seat that has suction cups and it's 
> round that sits in the bottom of the tub, bath ring, I think they're 
> called, he liked that and it worked well.  Before that I always bathed 
> with my kids because once when my daughter was tiny she turned her 
> head so quick when I went to get shampoo or something and almost 
> drowned and that scared me so bad because they're so quick, I always 
> bathed with them until they were old enough to sit up.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kate McEachern
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 9:26 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> 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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