[blparent] Watching your child in a large crowd?

[Erin Rumer]

Hello Pipi,

Is there anyone sighted you can go along with or meat there so they can
assist with keeping a distant eye on your daughter and just let you know
what she's up to?  Someone with older more independent kids or no kids to
watch themselves is ideal.  Another idea is asking an older child to help
you keep an eye on your daughter in a basic way that a child can.  I've done
this in the past with a ten year old cousin and this boy got a kick out of
watching my son and letting me know where he was and what he was doing.  I
rewarded the ten year old with a treat of some kind afterword's.

Erin

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Pipi
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 8:30 AM
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Subject: [blparent] Watching your child in a large crowd?

Hey y'all,
I'll start by apologizing for my normal ramblings of length.
Tonight is the school's annual carnival. Savannah is almost 3 and a half
now.
At the carnival there is an entire gymnasium full of bouncey castles,
inflatable  toys, moon walks, whatever you refer to them as.
This frightens me and I'm really not sure what to do. 
Last year Savannah was afraid of these toys, so it wasn't a problem at all.
This yea she loves them. 
I'm not really sure what to do. I want her to have her freedom to go play in
the toys because it wouldn't be fair of me not to allow her to do so. 
I also want her to be safe.
Since it will be in a gym, the echo is going to be horrible. There will be
lots of screaming loud children. And loads of strangers as well.
I can't get in the toys with savannah and expect her to hold my hand the
whole time. That isn't fair to her. How do I effectively keep her safe and
allow her the freedom to go be a kid at the same time?
I mentioned the noise because my normal listening at a park and using the
call back and forth methods that I usually use aren't going to work in this
situation.
Again, the carnival is tonight. Does anyone have any advice?
Thanks so much,
Pipi
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