[blparent] And now there are two!

[sharon howerton]

Hi, Jen!
Congratulations on the new baby! I think both sighted and blind parents get 
a little anxious about two children, but yours are a good spread.
We are going to be doing a seminar on parenting in August. I'll give you 
more details as time gets closer and I know more so hope you will register 
and attend if you can.
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Bose" <jen10514 at gmail.com>
To: "blparent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 1:34 PM
Subject: [blparent] And now there are two!


> Hi, fellow blind parents.
>
> I post pretty infrequently on this list, but I've learned a great deal
> from all of you. I'm Jennifer Bose and I live in Brookline,
> Massachusetts, with my husband Sunish Gupta, who worked several years
> ago on the project to build the early model of the KNFB Reader. Yes,
> I'm bragging on him a little. Naming our babies has been interesting
> since we've tried to find names that would represent their
> backgrounds; I'm American and he grew up in India. We have our
> 2-1/2-year-old daughter, Abigail Tulsi, and as of last Friday we have
> a newborn daughter, Tara Isabel. We're both very happy with two.
>
> I remember asking this list how blind parents manage two children and
> we got great responses. It's not that I don't believe it can be done;
> I know we're certainly not the first. My head knows that there are all
> sorts of solutions, but my emotions play tricks on me. Well, I'll put
> that down to normal parental anxiety and ask any of you who have
> multiple children to tell me everything I need to know. I'll take any
> tips you care to send along, especially about managing a toddler and a
> newborn. My husband and I are generally pretty independent and have
> done very well with one child, but with two, we're in a new zone. So
> please let me know what you've done or what you would suggest for us.
> I'm grateful for any and all help.
>
> Thanks so much. This is a tremendous resource.
>
> Jen
>
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