[blparent] Introduction

[Erin Rumer]

Welcome Amanda M.

My name is Erin and my husband David and 19 month old son Dawson live in San
Diego.  I wish you lived closer so we could have a play date with our little
guys.  We look forward to chatting more with you on the list.

Erin

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Amanda Matheny
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 3:04 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Introduction

That'd be awesome! I'd like to meet her. Even if not for babysitting I like
to meet and hang out with new people. If I did use her as a babysitter, I'd
need to get to know her first, but that'd be cool.

My son was actually a little late, and there's a funny story on that.

My original due date was March 23, then my OBGYN bumped it to March 21.
However, I wasn't even really having many Braxton-hicks contractions and I
wasn't very dilated, so my doc scheduled me to be induced April 1 if I
didn't have him by then. This was when I was still in Utah. Thinking he'd be
born by then, my mom and grandma bought plane tickets to see us back in
February. I told my mom I was going to be induced but decided to keep it a
secret from my grandma.
When she saw me, still with my bump and no baby in my arms, she was a little
shocked and was really concerned that he wouldn't be born before they had to
leave. My mom and I had kept the secret well, but she accidentally spilled
the beans to the car rental person before I told my grandma. It annoyed me
at first, but then we all had a big laugh. It took a while for my grandma to
register that we'd withheld that surprise from her. They arrived the day
before I was to be induced and were the ones who took me to the hospital.
That was pretty cool!

On 5/27/12, Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni <rovadia82 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Very cool. Alex was born on April 2nd. When we told family that he was 
> born slightly early, they thought we were pulling a late april fools 
> joke on them. Haha I have a good friend in Austin who is blind, she 
> doesn't have kids yet but is great for babysitting if you ever need 
> anyone.
> Ronit
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Amanda Matheny
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 11:11 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Introduction
>
> Mine is technically 14 months in 4 days, on June 1. He was an April 
> Fools baby. I'm in Texas right now, just outside San Antonio but 
> moving to Austin in July.
>
> On 5/27/12, Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni <rovadia82 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Amanda,
>> Welcome to the list. My son is just about 14 months as well, he will 
>> be 14 months in one week. So we are likely going through similar 
>> situations. Where do you live? My family and I live in northern 
>> California, in the bay area. I am totally blind and my husband and 
>> son are
> sighted.
>> Welcome to the list and ask anything you are curious about. This is a 
>> great resource.
>> Ronit
>>
>> On May 26, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Amanda Matheny wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> This sounds like a perfect list for me. I and my husband are blind 
>>> parents of a sweet, wonderful 14 month old little boy. He is really 
>>> amazing, but I must admit there are times when I wished I could ask 
>>> other blind parents for advice, and now I can! I am also hoping to 
>>> network with other blind parents near me, and possibly ones with 
>>> children around the same age as my son. Maybe we can even put 
>>> together some play dates. My son is fully sighted. I am legally 
>>> blind, but do have some usable vision, and my husband is total. I 
>>> look forward to getting to know you all better.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Amanda Matheny
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