[blparent] Explaining vision loss to children

[Tay Laurie]

I use melatonin 1-3mg a night for sleep. 10-20 mg is major overload, but I 
could see how it could be helpful. nearly take that much when I haven't 
slept in nearly a week.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children


>I have a noise machine from Sharper Image.
> Works great and there are a bunch of different sounds you can use, mine is 
> set to rain.
> You also may want to try melitonin(sp?) to help you sleep. You can get it 
> at CVS in 10 mg capsules. I've found 20 mg's works for me.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Tay Laurie
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:39 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>
> 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
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>>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
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>> 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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