[blparent] placement of bells for crawling baby

Thu Feb 9 19:46:15 UTC 2012

I'm so glad you asked this question Ronit. I've been threading thin
ribbon through a few medium-sized bells that I pulled off of Christmas
ornaments/decorations. I'm finding I need to put them on Erik on
different parts of his body on different days. He only has one pair of
shoes that have stretchy laces across the top and I thread the ribbon
with a bell through those laces. I don't like the idea of tying bells
to his waist because he still falls forward and backward and I'd hate
for him to fall on the bells. I've tied bells around his ankle and
wrist. I like Erin's idea of clipping a bell to the harness she puts
on her munchkin when he's wearing the harness.  The one thing I've
noticed is it doesn't matter where I put the bells, Erik tries to
pluck at them because they jingle and he loves things that make noise.
Perhaps Alex won't care where you put bells, but maybe he will and
you'll have to play around with a good spot. Let me know if you devise
any cool ways of stringing bells to your kid. I'm going to check out
the site Brandy suggested. I thought about dog collars but they might
look to doggie.

LM

On 2/9/12, Brandy W <branlw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> You can get ankle and wrist bells at www.lakeshorelearning.com. They are
> great in that kind of situation.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] placement of bells for crawling baby
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>> Hello Ronit,
>>
>> I have two types of bells.  One is a set of bells on Velcro that I wrap
>> around my son's ankle when we're at play groups or around his wrist, but I
>> prefer the ankle because he doesn't mess with it there.  My mother-in-law
>> bought these for him at a music store.  The other bell I have has a clip
>> attached to it and I attach that to my son's toddler harness  or to one of
>> the belt loops on his pants.  You could also use one of those pacifier
>> clips
>> if it's a strong one and figure out a way to attach a bell to that with
>> string.  You could also take a shoe lace, put some bells on it that are
>> safe
>> and not a swallowing hazard and put that contraption around your baby's
>> waist with a knot tied so that the bells stay put and doesn't come off
>> your
>> baby easily.  These are just some ideas, but it all just depends on what
>> you
>> have around the house and what you're able to go out and buy.  The bell
>> with
>> a clip that I have came with a white elephant gift years ago and I just
>> through it in a junk drawer because I thought I might need it some day and
>> now I'm so glad I did.  They do make some bells for dog's collars with
>> clips
>> that I know you could order on-line and easily attach to your baby.  You
>> might also call your local pet store and see if they have something in
>> stock.
>>
>> Best to you and your munchkin.
>>
>> Erin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:13 AM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: [blparent] placement of bells for crawling baby
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I take my 10-month-old son to a Gymboree class once a week where he has
>> the
>> freedom to crawl around a very large room. Up until last week, he hasn't
>> been crawling very far from me but this last week, he started crawling too
>> far for me to hear where he went. Luckily I had my father-in-law with me
>> that day but now I know it's time to attach bells. I know we've discussed
>> this on list before, like using zip ties to attach bells to shoes, but
>> where
>> do you attach bells to the clothing of a crawling baby? I was thinking I
>> would attach it to his back somewhere but others have said that he might
>> roll over on to the bell and hurt himself. I don't want it to be within
>> his
>> reach to play with it. Also, I was thinking of using a safety pin to
>> attach
>> the bell but clearly this is not the most safe thing ever. What else have
>> you used to attach bells to clothing when the child is not wearing shoes?
>> Just as a clarification, this is only for when we go to playdates or
>> places
>> oher than home, because at home I have no problem with him crawling
>> everywhere.
>>
>> Thanks so much.
>> Ronit
>>
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