[blparent] child locators

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Well, the beeper on the child locator is really, really loud.

Can you see at all?  Could you use the shoes that light up as a child walks?

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: Thursday, February 09, 2012 7:19 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] child locators

> Sounds interesting.  I think I might stick with bells though.  The problem 
> I have though with bells is that i have a hearing loss and can't hear 
> them.  Any ideas what I can use instead?
> Steph
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:27:42 -0700
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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