[blparent] Introducing myself, books and bus

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Shelby,

Welcome. I love how you spell Jaxsen. I love when names are spelled
differently. My name is Bridgit, with an I T at the end, which I have
yet to find others who spell it that way in this country.

My husband, Ross, and I have a brand new baby boy who's five weeks old
and a three-year-old. We live in Omaha, Nebraska. Ross works outside the
home full-time, and I'm a writer who tries to find work from home at
this point, grin. I love to cook and bake and am looking forward to the
holiday season so I can make all my goodies!

As for the doctors, if there's something important you will need to know
like prescriptions, I would definitely have that written down. If you
write Braille, you can do it yourself at the appointment, or the doctor
can email that info to you. Weight may not be important unless you want
to know that, but certainly prescriptions and doses will be extremely
important for you to know.

My husband and I (he's blind too) are learning to use a feeding pump for
our little boy. They have scanned the training manual so we can access
it electronically, and we will write down the daily directions so we can
make sure to follow each step correctly. We may also use dymo tape to
make Braille labels we can stick onto the screen so we know where
buttons are and what heir function is.

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."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 20:31:59 -0500
From: Shelby Young <blindatbirth at yahoo.com>
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] Introducing myself, books and bus.
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Hello everyone,

I'm new on here, so I thought I'd introduce myself.  My name is Shelby
Young, from Kansas.  I'm a single mom to a two month old named Jaxcen.
I spelled his name different its: J A X C E N.  

In responce to my question about books, I called the Kansas State
Library for the Blind and asked about braille books.  They contacted the
Utah State Library for the Blind and got me signed up to get books from
them.  You can either call and order books or get online and do it.  The
lady asked what books I wanted--My mind went blank and I just said
childrens books.  If any of you have good book titles, let me know
please.  

The bus system just started here.  I can take the stroller, but have to
fold it up.  My son has to be bucklkled in the seat next to me in his
carseat.  These are smaller buses then what, say Denver has, but its a
start.  When I was going to the Colorado Center for the Blind, I saw
people on the bus with strollers and the children were still in them.
The driver just folded up the seat so they weren't in the ile.  

When taking children to the doctors, do you have the doctor write down
everything they've done, such as what shots were given, how much the
child waid, how tall the child is, if any perscripssions were given and
how much, ECT?  I'm asking because I'd like siggestions of how to do
things.  Sorry if this doesn't make sense.  

Shelby