[blparent] wandering 3 year old

[sharon howerton]

Shannon, how scary that experience must have been. I wonder if your son has 
any other issues that might make things like holding hands or understanding 
that he needs to answer when called difficult for him? Last night I observed 
a sighted friend and his sighted 3 year old, and holding hands was just what 
had to be done. The locator sounds like a good idea so long as your son 
couldn't remove it. Such an experience would seem to be scary for you and 
your husband for a long time because it would almost seem that if you had to 
call people to look for him, they might question your abilities as blind 
parents so you'd be between a rock and a hard place. Somehow, even at three, 
it would seem like your son needs to learn that this was a very bad thing to 
do and could be dangerous for him. Best of luck.
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannan Zinck" <shannanzinck at gmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 11:20 AM
Subject: [blparent] wandering 3 year old


> So Myles took off on us last night and ran across the road and into a
> field. John my hubby was out with him and is totally blind, normally he is
> good but, this one time he decided he didn't want to do what he was told.
> he's quiet so John had a hard time finding him and by the time he caught 
> up
> Myles was coming back home. really scary. What could we attach to him so 
> he
> can be heard. We gave him a really good talking to about the dangers of
> doing such a thing, but, he's 3 and somewhat hyper especially if he's 
> tired
> which he was. He have already decided he's not allowed out if he's tired
> since he doesn't listen to us when he is. I'm still waiting for my sore 
> eye
> to be removed so a little slow on the draw when it comes to chasing a kid.
> Oh yeah any ideas what I can take for allergies instead of claritin since
> the eye drops I'm on the doc said to stay from antihistimines but, without
> them I'm in more pain than with them. I'm on travatan. I tried netti pot
> but, that doesn't stop the constant gush of water in my eye on high 
> allergy
> days. I resorted to wearing sunglasses with one lens popped out to use to
> computer and in buildings. Can't wear a patch anymore because it sits too
> close to my eye. It's been since Nov and I still don't have a surgury 
> date.
> I did have an untrasound though and there is no tumor. Since John is with
> Myles most of the time we need to find a way to keep track of Myles and
> can't get a fence since we rent. any ideas?
> -- 
> Shannan Zinck
> Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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