[blparent] Introduction

[Robert Cole]

Hello, Erin.

Concerning my kids:

My three-year-old is a very energetic little boy. He is very loving and 
has a good heart. He is also at a stage where he is very explorative and 
he does not typically do as he is asked to (e.g. stop when he is asked 
to, pick up toys from the floor, etc). He has gotten a lot better about 
this over the past few months, though. His name is Robert but he has 
always been referred to by his nitials: R.J.

R.J.'s younger brother Adam (now six months old) is a very loving and 
affectionate boy. He is now at the stage where he is nearly ready to 
crawl. He is, for the most part, able to sit up on his own.

Both of my boys are very observant. Neither of them have any visual 
disabilities. They are both perfectly healthy and very happy boys, 
although we have been dealing with a bad case of dry eczema with Adam 
for the past month or so. We have been treating his skin with a 
prescribed lotion.

I will save this for another thread, but one concern which I have had is 
that R.J. seems to be fully aware of my blindness. It seems that he 
knows that I cannot see him, and he knows how to not be found if I am 
looking for him. He is a very smart little boy, and I want to teach him 
that it is not good to hide unless we are playing. I actually received 
some very helpful tips about this particular situation earlier this 
week. As I stated, though, I will save this for another thread.

If there is anything else which you would like to know about my kids, 
please feel free to ask.

Thank you for the kind welcome, Erin.

Take care.
On 09/22/2012 05:07 AM, Erin Rumer
> Hello Bob,
>
> I'd like to warmly welcome you to this list.  I think that you'll find many
> helpful tips on this list and support for any of those many stages of
> parenting.  Please feel free to ask whatever is on your mind related to
> blind parenting and we look forward to getting to know you more through the
> list.  Six months and 3 years are really fun ages.  Please share more about
> your munchkins when you get a second.  It's not only nice to have a new
> person on this list but especially a new man since daddy's perspective is so
> valuable and important for getting the full spectrum of thoughts and ideas.
>
> My name is Erin and my husband David and I live in San Diego with our nearly
> 23 month-old son Dawson.  I am also a guide dog user of a male black
> Labrador named Provo.  My husband David works for the VA as a Blind
> Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialist and I am now a happy stay at home mom
> with some private dog training on the side.
>
> Welcome again and we look forward to getting to know you more.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Robert Cole
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 11:42 PM
> To: BlParent
> Subject: [blparent] Introduction
>
> Hello, everyone.
>
> My name is Robert Cole; please feel free to simply call me Bob. I was
> informed about this mailing list earlier today and so I immediately joined
> as I really needed to find people who I could relate to.
>
> I am a 28-year-old blind father of two precious little boys aged six months
> and three years. I love my boys dearly, and I want to be the best father
> that I can be to them. My eye condition is called microphthalmia; this
> basically means that I have small eyeballs. I have absolutely no sight in my
> left eye and a very small amount of sight (20/2000) in my right eye.
>
> Thanks for providing this list. I sincerely look forward to the advice and
> tips which I know I will find here, and I hope that I can be of help to
> others as well.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Bob
>
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