[blparent] Using picnic basket for storage

Sat Mar 17 00:59:30 UTC 2012

I love this idea of the picnic basket. It is also nice to have something
like this when someone else offers to change the baby for you. It is not
that much help if it takes you longer to explain where everything is than it
would have to do it yourself. :)

Jennifer

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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:43 PM
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Subject: [blparent] Using picnic basket for storeage

I use those decorative baskets to store things in my linen closet. It
helps with organization. A picnic basket would work just the same way,
and since baby items can be so small, An item to fully contain those
products is a really good idea. You'll know exactly where things are and
not spend time searching for baby products.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

Message: 18
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:54:56 -0600
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] making baby clothes
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Hi.  A portable crib or a basinet beside your bed will do just fine for
the 
first several months.  I think Sarah was well over six months old before
she 
grew out of the basinet by length, but she was a fairly small baby.
Bigger 
babes would of course outgrow the basinet faster.  Sarah's Nanna had a 
wooden portable crib at her house that was very low to the ground, and 
smaller than a traditional crib, but it had a good thick mattress,
unlike 
the Pack and Play ones which are just thin pads.  You might ask around
for a 
portable crib, or search online for one because I'm thinking one like
the 
kind Nanna had would be perfect.  Sarah slept in that portable crib for
over 
two years.

Picnic baskets for storage are a great idea.  I still have a basket on
the 
bar between the kitchen and dining room that holds lotion, a hairbrush,
bibs 
for those messy days, extra shoes and socks, etc.  There are also
stacking 
bins that might work because they fit together and make sort of like
open 
drawers or shelves.  Look in the storage and organization aisle at
Wal-Mart, 
or whatever store you have out there.  Not with the baby stuff, but with
the 
storage containers and the like.

You can change the baby on your bed, if that would work, by using a
plastic 
pad with a cloth covering.  I think they're called all-purpose pads in
the 
baby stores, if I remember correctly.  You'll also want a diaper pail.
You 
can just get a pail with a tight-fitting lid to contain the smell, and
use 
trash bags, or you can get one of the special ones that are sold to keep
the 
smell inside.  I'd personally just go with a pail and trash bags, as
long as 
the lid makes a tight seal.  I bought one of the specialty pails, and it

worked for a while, but by the second year we had to put it out on the
porch 
because the smell was leaking out even when it was closed, and then I
got 
tired of using it and just wrapped the diapers in bags from Wal-Mart
anyway 
so I didn't have to buy the special liners anymore.

If you get your baby used to napping in the swing, he or she will
probably 
take to it right away.  My baby was in a brace to fix a congenitally 
dislocated hip, so she slept sitting up in her swing for the first few 
months.  Then it was murder to try and get her to sleep lying flat, so
if 
you do the swing, be prepared to stick with it and then ease the
transition 
into a crib or a low bed.  Also, there are things called co-sleepers
that 
have three sides on them.  The fourth side goes right against your bed
and 
mattress, so that the baby is sort of in a crib, but on the edge of your
own 
bed.  That might work well for you because you can pick up the baby and
feed 
him or her, possibly even change a diaper, without getting out of bed at

all.  I wouldn't get rid of your bed with posts if the posts help you
get 
out by yourself, because you'll want your independence when the baby
comes.

Keep on asking questions.  I've heard that seizures sometimes get better

during pregnancy because of the hormones.  Depression also often tends
to 
ease off during pregnancy as well.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant
of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all
of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Tay Laurie" <j.t.laurie at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 1:05 AM
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] making baby clothes

> Thank you so much for the information! My whelechair's seat is roughly
17 
> inches off the ground or so, and I can raise my arms another say,
eight 
> inches. I can raise them level with my shoulders, any higher and they
go 
> numb, so I can't really lift over my head. Is it ok for little one to 
> sleep in a swing? I've seen it done, but then again, the baby in
question 
> was severely disabled, had a gastric feeding tube and everything. I 
> actually got to see my old basinette, and I must say, at the time, i
was 
> jealous I couldn't fit into it anymore! It looked so comfy and cozy.
We 
> have some room on one side of the bed where a small crib or basinette
can 
> fit, but my husband is thinking of selling the bedstead we have and
just 
> using a metal frame. My problem is, then I can't pull on the posts to
get 
> out independently.
> Also, would using picnic or other types of baskets for organisation be
a 
> good idea? For example, blankets in one, diapers in another, baby butt

> powder, cream, etc in another? I figure if they can be closed and
neatly 
> stacked sidways, they can make a compact type cabinet until we can get

> into a bigger place and find room for actual furniture. We're also
going 
> to see if one of my friends wants to move down here and in with us,
which 
> is a great idea, since he can study at the local college. He even
offered 
> to be an extra set of hands if we needed it. My cousin had a rule that
if 
> I held her son, I had to be sitting or lying down, since right now my 
> seizures aren't terribly well-controlled. I'm talking to both doctors 
> involved to see what can be done, but I've noticed they've decreased
quite 
> a bit in the past week or two, even if I forget my meds, so maybe the 
> hormones are helping. Since I can sew simple jumpers, dresses, etc, I 
> figure I could make clothing for if it's a baby girl, especially a
little 
> white dress/robe for if we do get her blessed/baptised.
> I guess you're right,I haven't seen the rocker type cradles in quite a

> while, either. The last time I saw them was in my grandmother's
closet, 
> and she said they're very dangerous because they could flip over.
Since 
> the crib can be raised and lowered, that might be a good idea for when

> hubby is caring for her, or our friend, since he can stand and walk
just 
> fine.

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