[blparent] baby shower

[Erin Rumer]

Hello Hina,

I strongly recommend a nursing pillow called My Breast-Friend.  It's truly
like having another arm because a strap goes around your waist and then you
put the baby on the pillow to nurse and-or nap.  I think that this would
help you out tremendously since you have one week arm and although you do
have to hold onto the pillow and baby it really allows you more
maneuverability.  It's even got a great little pocket on it for a cloth or
pacifier or anything you might need.  I used to put my cell phone in it if I
was wearing something with no pockets.  When my son was really little I used
to put the pillow on my computer desk and have my arms just above him to
type on the computer while he was nursing or asleep.  Don't do this when
baby's bigger and moving more though because it wouldn't be safe.

They also make gounds with no snaps or zippers that you can put on your baby
and just pull the bottom of the gound up to change him or her.  They make
them for boys and girls and might be a great option for you.  The ones I
used where long sleeved and cotton.  At night to keep baby safe and worm you
could put them in a gound and then in a sleep sack so it's easy to change
them during the night and you don't have to worry about suffocation or
anything like that with blankets.  I recommend just keeping your house at a
comfortable warm temp like 75 for baby and not bundling them in a lot of
clothes.  New babies cannot regulate there temperature for a little bit of
time after their born and can over-heat easily.  My pediatrician told me
after my son was born that she sees more babies for over-heating that almost
anything when they're tiny ones.

Best to you and I'll try and keep thinking of anything that might help you.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of hina altaf
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 6:03 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] baby shower

Hi,
Thank you all for the great suggestions. I am adding them to my list.
Please keep coming up with great ideas and then I will send the list out for
baby shower. I appreciate all your help.
Hina.

On 3/4/12, Kate McEachern <kflsouth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Hina,
>
> I think with your arm a baby sling may work for the first few months 
> so you can use your good arm to saport the baby's head.  I also liked 
> scuders for clothing rather then onesies because there are no snaps.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Kate
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hina altaf" <hinaaltaf1983 at gmail.com>
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 3:23 PM
> Subject: [blparent] baby shower
>
>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am having a baby boy in june and am planning to host a baby shower 
>> because this is my first baby and I do not have anything. I am 
>> totally blind and have one left weak arm. so considering all this, 
>> what are some of the baby items you as blind parents would recommend 
>> me to get for the baby? It could be just baby stuff from blindness 
>> prospective or just as a parent?
>>
>> Also are there any blind parents in illinois close to rockford who 
>> could help? does anyone have any baby items they want to get rid of, 
>> I would appreciate all the help. I will be a single parent raising 
>> this baby with no sighted help at all.
>> Thanks.
>> Hina.
>>
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