[blparent] child locators

[Allie]

Hey Jo Elizabeth,

That might work for an older child, like mine. Even though it doesn't stay
on as well for a smaller child, we could still practice looking for me or
coming to find me every time she heard the sound. I might look into getting
one.

-- Allie
 

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:28 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] child locators

Hi Stephanie.  I bought a child locator when my daughter started walking. 
I've used it a few times, but not as often as I would have liked to because
the part that goes on the child, which is shaped like a teddy bear, just has
the kind of a clip you would slide through a belt.  But since my daughter
doesn't usually wear belts, I haven't found a good way to fasten the locator
to her clothes.  If you buy one, look for a locator with a better typle of
clip or pin that you could fasten to a shirt or the top of the baby's pants.

The child locator I bought has two parts.  The teddy bear part goes on the
child, like I said.  The other part goes on an adult's keychain.  There's a
button on the keychain part that, when pressed, lets out a very loud beeping
sounds from the teddy bear.  I've told Sarah that if she ever hears the
beeper, which we've practiced with a few times, she should look around and
try to find me, and come straight back to me if she can.  It's a comfort to
me, also, though, that the beeper noise is so loud that it's bound to grab
the attention of passersby, just in case the unthinkable is happening, and
somebody's trying to abduct my baby.  The noise and sudden attention might
stop something bad from happening.

I bought the Mommy, I'm Here! child locator on amazon.com.  It's an
inexpensive model, and the only thing I don't like it is the typle of clip
on the teddy bear.  There are way more expensive models out there.  I think
I might have paid about thirty dollars.

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

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From: "Stephanie Mitchell" <mumwith2kids at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:34 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] child locators

> Anyone used one? What was it like?
> Steph
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