[blparent] Update on my daughter Ashlee

[Bernadetta]

I agree with Jody. For the new moms and the moms-to-be on here, I've 
said it before and I'll reiterate it  more succinctly. People aren't 
going to knock down your door and take your babies away because your 
blind. There have been a few unfortunate incidents where children have 
been taken for unjust reasons where blind parents are concerned, but 
those have been isolated incidents and have mostly since been rectified 
. CPS takes kids away when they feel the child is  being neglected or 
if the parents demonstrate obvious signs of not being able to care for 
the child properly. Let's also remember that in the cases of which we 
may have heard children were sepearated from their parents, we may not 
know the whole story. There are three sides to every  such story: The 
parents' side, CPS's side and the truth. If you understand the basics  
of childcare and you have a stable environment in which to raise  your 
child, you should be perfectly alright.
Understand that though you may have CPS investigations a time or two, 
braught on by general ignorance and concern from strangers over your 
blindness in combination with parenting, you can prove your case quite 
easily by showing the social workers etc. that your child is happy, 
healthy and safe.
Relax ladies, and enjoy those baby months. They fly by way too fast, as 
Jo Elizabeth said before.

Bernadetta