[blparent] passing the baby

Thu Apr 5 21:26:30 UTC 2012

Exactly, we are here to give advice, not slam someone for what they do or
how they do it or where they work.

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Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 6:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] passing the baby

wow, why do we have to go in to these competing matches for on how each of
us do stuff? This is crazy some times. and I would contribute more its just
that I don't find me contributing to how has it harder or how what is better
is my conversation to contribute to.
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On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:24 AM, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) wrote:

> No, we don't.
> Parenting is a lifestyle, childcare is a job.
> Both can be done well or not so well, but they are by no means the same.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 9:52 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] passing the baby
> 
> I agree.  You didn't mention the Nanny thing, but why mention it at all.
No
> matter if we are parents or babysitters, we all feel the same.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:12 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] passing the baby
> 
> 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
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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
>> 
>> Brandy Wojcik  Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team leader
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>> 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 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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