[blparent] How to handle a baby while you multitask

Thu Nov 15 21:53:54 UTC 2012

With me working during the days, I am not sure how to make a play
groups and meet people. I don't know many people in the area.

On 11/15/12, Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com> wrote:
> I agree with that.  I'm in the odd position of sort of both being a
> stay-at-home mom and a working mom.  It does make scheduling play groups and
>
> meeting other parents difficult, and I believe parent time between new moms
>
> is very important in building a social network and personal confidence.
> That's outside of the realm of what Hina asked, but it's something for her
> to think about nonetheless.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
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> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:03 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] How to handle a baby while you multitask
>
> If Hena is working days, playgroups and the like are not options for her.
> That's the point I was trying to make with my earlier post.
> Hena's baby will be fine with a hardwood floor. He won't be fine with an
> overtired and stressed Mama with no means of aquiring a social network.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brandy
> Wojcik
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:06 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] How to handle a baby while you multitask
>
> I run an in home daycare, and my house is all hard wood and tile. I do have
> a large area rug in the living room, and a smaller one in the play room
> with
> a map on it with ocean desert, roads and such for them to play on and make
> the room more comfortable, but the rest of the room is hard. My general
> theory is once they can get off the living room carpet than they are old
> enough to deal with the hard wood. Remember when they bump their head it
> always sounds worse than it really is.
>
> I agree that a second hand store, or craigs list would be a good place to
> start for some used baby gear The other thing is if you go to a church or
> play group ask around. Many people are happy to lone things between
> children.
> Bran
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer
> Jackson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] How to handle a baby while you multitask
>
> This is a really good point Bridgit is making here about hard floors. My
> kids never seemed to mind following me right into the kitchen tile instead
> of staying on the cushioned carpet. Rug burns can happen in any small
> tumble
> too, so I would not worry to much about the hardness of the floor. The hard
> surfaces are pretty much guaranteed to be cleaner than any carpet anyway.
> You can find something to worry yourself about either way, I know because I
> have. :)
>
>
> Jennifer
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
> Pollpeter
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:11 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] How to handle a baby while you multitask
>
> Hina,
>
> I completely commiserate with you, smile. I'm a stay-at-home mommy right
> now, so I am alone with Declan all day. He's only
> two-and-a-half-months-old,
> but he prefers to be held all day long. This makes getting chores and work
> done difficult. When I try to put him down, he usually cries until picked
> up
> again. I'm also a type 1 diabetic, so there are times when I must put him
> down in order to take care of myself. Declan is getting a little better
> about this, but I still struggle with getting things done during the day
> while tending to him and his needs.
>
> Our baby swing has been a God-send. It was a gift, and I don't know what we
> would do without it. Declan' acid reflux is so bad he needs to be upright
> most of the day and night. He also loves it, and will usually fall asleep
> or
> at least relax while in it. It has several seat positions including a
> cradle
> position, and has several swing motions and speeds.
> To boot, it can play songs or nature sounds (Declan prefers the nature
> sounds) and it has a canopy where you can opt to turn on a projection of
> clouds and lambs.
>
> When Penny started rolling and crawling, we did have carpet at the time,
> though our new house has hard wood floors. We do have a large area rug in
> the living room, but once Declan is more mobile, he will have both rug and
> wood to navigate.
>
> My sister always had wood floors, and her kids did just okay crawling
> around
> on the wood floor. She also let them crawl around on the cement patio, so
> there you go, grin. I question this, but her kids never seemed to mind even
> though their little knees were a little scratched.
>
> We placed a thicker blanket down on the floor for Penny, and plan to do
> this
> with Declan.
>
> As for keeping tabs on them, using little bells or something else that
> makes
> sound works great. We pinned tiny bells on the back of Penny, but I
> recently
> discovered wrist and ankle rattles that I will use for Declan. This helps
> you know nonvisually where baby is. Of course they often make quite a bit
> of
> noise, which helps too.
>
> We also try to make sure anything unsafe is picked up and out of reach
> especially when busy doing other things. And baby gates are nice too. We
> didn't have to be concerned with stairs at our last apartment, but we did
> gate the kitchen so Penny couldn't crawl in and potentially get hurt.
>
> Pack and plays are great too when you have a lot to do or need to leave a
> room. Just place baby in the play pen and they are not able to roam the
> house unattended.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
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> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:12:58 -0600
> From: hina altaf <hinaaltaf1983 at gmail.com>
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> Hi,
> I am a working mom and when I come home, my husband leaves for work and I
> and the baby are all alone. He is in the stage where he wants to crawl and
> roll over but we do not have a carpet and it is hard wood floor.
> when I am cooking, my husband asked me to put him in the car seat but he
> likes to move around and I am afraid he may fall. Do you have any
> suggestions? what techniques do you all use to watch the baby so you can do
> other house work? Hina.
>
>
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