[blparent] Silent Gagging (Involvement of Child Services)

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

What is silent gagging?  I've never heard of it, and nobody mentioned it in 
the hospital when my daughter was born, possibly because I have a sighted 
partner who would have noticed if our baby turned blue.  She didn't, thank 
goodness, but I'm curious what that term means.

Jo Elizabeth

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brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and 
died in cotton fields and sweatshops.--Stephen Jay Gould
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jodie and Kahlan
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:11 AM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blparent] Involvement of Child Services (was 
introduction,expecting)

Great post, Bernadetta! Chris and I have been involved with social
workers voluntarily since before Kahlan was born. They, and our
families, helped us learn the skills we needed to become good parents.
Neither of us had any idea how to change a diaper before Kahlan was
born. People at the hospital when she was born were also great at
helping with those basic beginning skills, and telling them we were
involved with social workers made it clear that we knew what we were doing.

Jo Elizabeth is also right about over confidence. Has anyone ever heard
of something called silent gagging? Chris and I had never heard of it
until the doctor mentioned it the day after Kahlan was born. We said we
wanted to keep Kahlan in the room with us that night. They said they
wanted to bring a sitter in when the baby was with us alone. The word
sitter got our feathers ruffled, understandably, but once they
explained about silent gagging and visual cues that we might miss, we 
accepted.

My mom said my brother turned blue when he was a baby and the nurses
had to get him breathing again. He had experienced the silent gagging
and she hadn't thought about it until the doctor mentioned it to us.
Thank God, it never happened to Kahlan!

Parents need to know when to say yes they need help or no they don't,
and in my opinion, they need to find ways to prove it when they don't
need help. We've been seen feeding and changing Kahlan and interacting
with her. Her happy, healthy personality proves that we're taking good
care of her, and every social worker we've spoken with who has seen her
knows it. I personally think voluntarily getting involved with social
workers is a good idea, especially for first time parents, and more
especially for first time parents like me who really didn't have the
proper skills before the birth. It shows that you want what's best for
your child and are willing to do whatever it takes.

-- 
Hugs from Jodie and kahlan

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