[blparent] Explaining vision loss to children

[Tay Laurie]

Ah, yes. I found a similar audio-only one that I nearly got for myself, as 
I'm a horrible insomniac and have some other things that make it hard to 
sleep. In fact, if I can find that particular model, I may get it this 
Christmas.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children


>I know of blind baby's whose parents got mobiles for them but even more so 
>I
> know parents of blind and sighted children who are going with the soothers
> like I got for my son.  It hooks to the side of the crib and is much
> sturdier than a mobile and less likely to break down.  They not only play
> music and lots of times offer a variety of songs and nature sounds, but
> there is also a picture that moves on a screen for babies to look at.  The
> great thing is that on a lot of the soothers you can have a choice of 5
> minutes all the way up to 20 minutes or longer.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 7:21 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>
> Now I'm wondering if babies who are blind get mobiles??
> Anybody know?
> I remember my daughter being very frustrated when her mobile would run 
> down
> after a few minutes because she was looking at it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 12:38 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>
> Wow that is a really interesting story and I can see why you would be
> jealous knowing what you believed.
>
> Sheila Leigland
>
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