[blparent] child locators
Erin Rumer
erinrumer at gmail.com
Fri Feb 10 16:18:05 UTC 2012
Do you have any usable vision Steph? If so, you could have your child stand
out by putting them in something florescent colored or like someone before
mentioned use light-up shoes. You could also put one of those small tie-on
bike lights on them. If you don't have usable vision then I would just ask
other parents to help you out and then help them out in other ways in
return. If your child is old enough or when they are old enough I'd use a
reward system for whenever your child checks in with you during a playgroup.
This could be something physical where they come by and touch you to let you
know they are there or something from a distance like a Marko Polo kind of
thing. They can then be rewarded with something fun either in the moment or
later on for playing the game so nicely.
Erin
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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 7:19 PM
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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
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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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