[blparent] child locators

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

I still use my child locator from time to time, even though my daughter can 
talk and run, as needed.  The beeper is *really* loud, though, so you might 
not want to practice in a crowded public place.  The main thing is keeping 
the teddy bear part on your child at all times, because if she drops it or 
loses it or if it falls off, then you're locating the noisy teddy bear 
instead of the child.  What I've done this winter is pin the teddy bear in 
the pocket of Sarah's coat with a big safety pin running through the belt 
clip.  She knows the teddy bear isn't a toy.  I'm also trying to teach her 
our house number, and the names of me, her dad, and her adopted Nanna and 
Papa, so if she ever gets separated from us, she can tell someone who to 
look for.

Amazon had a lot of child locators which were way more expensive, with more 
features that I didn't think I would use as a blind person, so I went with a 
lower end model, which has worked just fine.

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: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:30 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] child locators

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
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> Subject: [blparent] child locators
>
>> Anyone used one? What was it like?
>> Steph
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