[blparent] when children get hurt

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Know that he won't get more seriously hurt just because you are by yourself.

Others have given good suggestions re checking for injuries.

Know too that you can also hold his hands so he can't push yours away and check for the injury. Speak calmly to him and convey that touch is part of the process, it's not because you can't see it.

He'll figure out that this is just how it is.

Also, some kids will figure out that acting like they're hurt gets them attention. Mine does this and I tell her that if she is unwilling to show me the problem then I'm unwilling to provide the attention. I've found that if it really is an injury or something she's concerned about, (she got a bug bite recently) she'll be more then willing to show me.


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:42 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] when children get hurt

Hi list,
I have a question which may seem silly to many of you but I would appreciate any tips you may have. Whenever Alex falls down or gets hurt somehow and I am not right there to see what happened, I am having a hard time knowing how he hurt himself and the severity of the injury. I know this will be happening more once he learns to walk and I'd love your ideas on how to handle this. Whenever I know he has hurt himself, I always inspect as best I can with my hands to see if I feel any blood. Often times, however, he doesn't let me check him out thoroughly because he is crying and he pushes my hands away. HE is not old enough to tell me what hurts. We had an incident at the park a few weeks ago when he cut his lip on a wooden rocking horse and luckily my husband was there to help figure out how bad it was and to put water on it etc, but I am terrified that he will get more seriously hurt when I am by myself and I may not know what he hurt and how bad it is. What have you all done?

Thanks in advance for your comments.
Ronit


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