[blparent] placement of bells for crawling baby

[Erin Rumer]

Hello Ronit,

This maybe be one of those things  that will take a little time for your son
to get used to.  Try playing with your son while he's wearing the bells and
use motivators like his favorite toy to help encourage him to crawl while
wearing the bells.  It's like putting shoes on for the first time.  Kids
often times don't know what to do with their feet because they're used to
just having socks on or if they're a Tucson baby like mine has been, they're
used to having nothing on their feet during the crawling phase because of
the heat.  Try just singing songs and having fun with him while he's wearing
the bells and see if he gets used to them after a couple of days.  Also,
just make sure that they're not rubbing him weird on his ankle just to rule
out that it's not something that isn't uncomfortable.  If you are concerned
about this then maybe getting him used to a harness and putting the bells on
the back of that would be a good option since you then wouldn't have to
worry about the bells dragging and poking him in any places.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:55 AM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] placement of bells for crawling baby

Hi everyone,
I am having a problem with the bell placement again. I ended up making my
own anklet with bells on it because the ones I found to buy were too big. I
made my own with small bells and elastic chord but when I put them on Alex's
ankle, he seems to think he can't crawl. The bells are small and shouldn't
interfere with his crawling but he gets so distracted by the fact that he's
wearing something that he doesn't crawl and when he does try to crawl, the
bells hit the floor and he stops crawling and cries. Has anyone run in to
this problem? I am at a loss for what to do now. His clothes don't have belt
loops, and he doesn't use a pacifier so is not used to wearing one of those
pacifier clips. I am just not sure what else to do. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Ronit


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