[blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!

[Erin Rumer]

Amen to that sister!

I remember being really self-conscious about my son having messy baby hair
when going to a play group of his one day.  It warmed my heart though to
find out that none of the babies had brushed hair because we all had brushed
our kids hair before leaving the house but it gets messy by them just
sitting in the car seat.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 9:14 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!

It took me a long time to explain to Gerald the importance of making sure
our daughter left the house with no stains and clothes that matched up
right.  At first he thought I was taking everything too seriously and
obsessing about nothing.  Little by little, I've gotten it across to him
that if somebody else's preschooler walks around with her shirt on backwards
or spaghetti sauce wiped on her sleeve, it's because she's a kid, but if
mine does, it's because the poor thing has a blind mother who can't keep her
neat and dressed well.

I don't think people even stop to realize how they sound when they say
things.  I remember when Sarah was about five months old, I was sitting on
the floor with her and an uncle of mine brought me a cup of coffee.  He
handed it to me and said here, I don't know how you're going to keep from
spilling this on the baby.  I was shocked, especially since I'd been around
my uncle all my life.  I said well, Sarah's five months old and I've not
spilled hot coffee on her yet--pretty good, since I drink it every day.  And
instead of apologizing, he said well, you don't have to get hostile about
it.

Sometimes you have to just shake your head and move on.  You can't fix
stupid.

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a
song."  Maya Angelou

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From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 9:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!

> Hi, it is really frustrating when people feel they need to save your 
> child. I've never figured out how to get people to change their own 
> behavior. Unfortunately some don't believe we know what is going on 
> with our own kids.
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