[blparent] Introducing myself, books and bus

[Shelby Young]

Ignore that last e mail, I sent to the wrong person.


On Oct 2, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> Message: 5
> 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
> 
> 
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