[blparent] Baby on the Way!!

[melissa R green]

congratulations to all of you.
May you have a really good and blessed pregnancy.
Blessings,
Melissa Green and PJ
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Treaster" <tomelissa30 at hotmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:26 PM
Subject: [blparent] Baby on the Way!!


Hi everyone,
This is Melissa Treaster (Burch) and I wanted to let you know that I am 
Expecting!!!!! The hubby and I could not be happier. I am only about five 
weeks but I just could not hold in the news anymore! So I am sure there will 
be lots of new mommy questions I will have. The first thing I will share is 
that My nausea has been horrendous but after an ER trip and getting Nausea 
medication I am feeling sooo much better. I Also found at Target today 
vitamin B6 candies but they have them behind counter you can suck on and 
they helped tremendously you take them every six hours. I will keep you all 
posted.
Thanks,
Melissa

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>   1. Re: potty training (Star Gazer)
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>   3. Re: potty training (Jennifer Bose)
>   4. Re: potty training (Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni)
>   5. Re: dyson Animal or roomba? (Veronica Smith)
>   6. Re: Question about IPhone baby monitor (Veronica Smith)
>   7. Re: Question about IPhone baby monitor (Erin Rumer)
>   8. Re: dyson Animal or roomba? (Erin Rumer)
>   9. Re: potty training (Erin Rumer)
>  10. Re: Question about IPhone baby monitor (Star Gazer)
>  11. Re: potty training (Star Gazer)
>  12. Re: dyson Animal or roomba? (Kaila Allen)
>  13. Re: dyson Animal or roomba? (Sean Paul)
>  14. Re: Question about IPhone baby monitor (Kate McEachern)
>  15. Re: potty training (Jo Elizabeth Pinto)
>  16. Re: potty training (Jo Elizabeth Pinto)
>  17. Re: [Bulk] Re:  dyson Animal or roomba? (Tammy)
>  18. Re: dyson Animal or roomba? (Star Gazer)
>  19. Re: potty training (Erin Rumer)
>  20. Re: dyson Animal or Roomba? (Erin Rumer)
>  21. Re: dyson Animal or roomba? (Danielle Antoine)
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> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:52:22 -0400
> From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
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> A couple things that worked for us was that I could hear a difference in 
> my
> daughter's voice and she moved differently.
> Basically find behaviors that are nonvisual that you can pick up on. Also,
> realize that this method and/or this period in time may not work for you.
> Nothing wrong with that.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
> Ovadia Mazzoni
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:48 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>
> Hi everyone,
> We have just started potty training our 27 month old son and we are using
> the method described in the ebook "oh crap potty training." Basically this
> method advocates letting the child be naked for a while while you teach 
> them
> to go to the potty and then move on to pants but no underwear. One of the
> big concepts that they stress is looking for signals that they need to go 
> so
> you can prompt them to get on the potty. I'm finding this very challenging
> since it is mostly a visual thing and mostly subtle. My husband has picked
> up on a few things since he is sighted but when I am alone with Alex, I am
> finding that I only know he's had an accident after he goes. Sometimes my
> husband can catch it right before it happens and rush him to the potty but 
> I
> never can. Does anyone have any techniques for figuring out these signals 
> in
> a non visual way?
> Thanks so much.
> Ronit
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:38:14 -0400
> From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
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> No kidding Gabe:)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gabe Vega
> Via Iphone4S
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:27 PM
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> Cc: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
>
> Or, you could spend $10 at your local Walmart. And get a full featured 
> audio
> baby monitor set for the house.
>
> Gabe Vega
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 7, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently discovered that there's a baby monitor for certain Apple
>> products like the IPhone and Ipad. It's called Balkin WeMo, and I'm
>> wondering if anyone is familiar with it, and if so, is the app it runs
>> on accessible, and how is the over-all general function of it? It's
>> suppose to connect to any WiFi and run off an free app available
>> through certain Apple products. Curious.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:54:12 -0400
> From: Jennifer Bose <jen10514 at gmail.com>
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
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> Hi, Ronit.
>
> Good luck with this; it does work out eventually. I agree with waiting
> a little longer, too, when kids are cognitively a little further
> along. We got serious about potty-training when my daughter Abigail
> was close to 3-1/2, and by then I could just have little conversations
> about it with her, reminding her that if she needs to go potty, she
> should tell me. Now, she almost always just takes herself to the potty
> when she needs to and is pretty independent. But I guess it's great if
> you can go through this process earlier, too.
>
> Jen
>
> On 7/8/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A couple things that worked for us was that I could hear a difference in 
>> my
>> daughter's voice and she moved differently.
>> Basically find behaviors that are nonvisual that you can pick up on. 
>> Also,
>> realize that this method and/or this period in time may not work for you.
>> Nothing wrong with that.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
>> Ovadia Mazzoni
>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:48 PM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> We have just started potty training our 27 month old son and we are using
>> the method described in the ebook "oh crap potty training." Basically 
>> this
>> method advocates letting the child be naked for a while while you teach
>> them
>> to go to the potty and then move on to pants but no underwear. One of the
>> big concepts that they stress is looking for signals that they need to go
>> so
>> you can prompt them to get on the potty. I'm finding this very 
>> challenging
>> since it is mostly a visual thing and mostly subtle. My husband has 
>> picked
>> up on a few things since he is sighted but when I am alone with Alex, I 
>> am
>> finding that I only know he's had an accident after he goes. Sometimes my
>> husband can catch it right before it happens and rush him to the potty 
>> but
>> I
>> never can. Does anyone have any techniques for figuring out these signals
>> in
>> a non visual way?
>> Thanks so much.
>> Ronit
>>
>>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:00:09 -0700
> From: Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni <rovadia82 at gmail.com>
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
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> Thanks everyone. We feel pretty srongly that this is the right time,
> Alex seems ready and he is also in fulltime daycare and has just been
> moved to the classroom where they work on potty training, so it
> doesn't really make sense for us to wait longer. I Know there's lots
> of opinions on when is the right time so I'm not going to get in to
> all that. He's very verbal for his age which does help and it is a
> learning process for sure. Just one of those things about parenting
> that's extra challenging, in my opinion, anyway.
>
> On 7/8/13, Jennifer Bose <jen10514 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, Ronit.
>>
>> Good luck with this; it does work out eventually. I agree with waiting
>> a little longer, too, when kids are cognitively a little further
>> along. We got serious about potty-training when my daughter Abigail
>> was close to 3-1/2, and by then I could just have little conversations
>> about it with her, reminding her that if she needs to go potty, she
>> should tell me. Now, she almost always just takes herself to the potty
>> when she needs to and is pretty independent. But I guess it's great if
>> you can go through this process earlier, too.
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> On 7/8/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A couple things that worked for us was that I could hear a difference in
>>> my
>>> daughter's voice and she moved differently.
>>> Basically find behaviors that are nonvisual that you can pick up on.
>>> Also,
>>> realize that this method and/or this period in time may not work for 
>>> you.
>>> Nothing wrong with that.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
>>> Ovadia Mazzoni
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:48 PM
>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> We have just started potty training our 27 month old son and we are 
>>> using
>>> the method described in the ebook "oh crap potty training." Basically
>>> this
>>> method advocates letting the child be naked for a while while you teach
>>> them
>>> to go to the potty and then move on to pants but no underwear. One of 
>>> the
>>> big concepts that they stress is looking for signals that they need to 
>>> go
>>> so
>>> you can prompt them to get on the potty. I'm finding this very
>>> challenging
>>> since it is mostly a visual thing and mostly subtle. My husband has
>>> picked
>>> up on a few things since he is sighted but when I am alone with Alex, I
>>> am
>>> finding that I only know he's had an accident after he goes. Sometimes 
>>> my
>>> husband can catch it right before it happens and rush him to the potty
>>> but
>>> I
>>> never can. Does anyone have any techniques for figuring out these 
>>> signals
>>> in
>>> a non visual way?
>>> Thanks so much.
>>> Ronit
>>>
>>>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:18:29 -0600
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
> Message-ID: <000901ce7bff$2abf2550$803d6ff0$@net>
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> Well, yes and no.  We used to have a Eureka vacuum and honestly, it had 
> this
> stupid bag and I accidently sucked up a tiny sock and it went right up 
> into
> the motor and melted the belt and it all over heated and well, that's how 
> we
> ended up with the Dyson.  I don't want to take the chance again that
> anything will melt the belt or burn ou the motor.  hahaha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
> Antoine
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 4:31 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>
> You're hilarious!
>
> On 7/7/13, Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:
>> Dyson, especially if you have small children floating around.  The dyson
>> will pick up all that stuff our little ones bring in from who knows where
>> but if it accidently sucks up a sock or a certain toy, it goes directly
>> into
>> the canister, no where near the motor or belt.  The roomba I hear is
>> frightening to children as it just goes here and there without
> supervision.
>> hahaha
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
>> Antoine
>> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 9:20 PM
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> So I'm looking at vacuum cleaners specifically those mentioned in the
>> subject line. Pros? cons? I don't mind spending the $$ but it better be
>> worth it!
>>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:27:21 -0600
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
> Message-ID: <000a01ce7c00$67c98f70$375cae50$@net>
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>
> So now I have a question about baby monitors, way back when, I'm talking 
> 20
> years ago, baby monitors like most cordless phones were an open invitation
> for crooks to listen into your homes.
> If you had a police scanner, which we always have, seriously, you could 
> hear
> peeps talking in their homes.
> And I'm saying, you could hear word for word what they said and if they 
> said
> they were leaving for the day, or what ever.  The same with cordless 
> phones.
> At least with these, you really didn't have a clue who these peeps were 
> but
> with the baby monitors, you had to be fairly close to them for the 
> scanners
> to work.
>
> So do you suppose they make them better these days, so nosey peeps like me
> cannot listen in.
>
> After I found out this, I refused to own one.
>
> We don't have a scanner for that reason, it's a hobby, listening to planes
> and stuff, the baby monitor stuff we discovered by accident while we were 
> at
> a friends house.
> V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gabe Vega
> Via Iphone4S
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 9:27 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Cc: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
>
> Or, you could spend $10 at your local Walmart. And get a full featured 
> audio
> baby monitor set for the house.
>
> Gabe Vega
> Sent from my iPhone
> CEO
> Commtech LLC
> The leader of computer support, training and web development services
> Web: http://commtechusa.net
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/commtechllc
> Facebook: http://facebook.com/commtechllc
> Email: info at commtechusa.net
> Phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 710
> Fax: (480) 535-7649
>
> On Jul 7, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently discovered that there's a baby monitor for certain Apple
>> products like the IPhone and Ipad. It's called Balkin WeMo, and I'm
>> wondering if anyone is familiar with it, and if so, is the app it runs
>> on accessible, and how is the over-all general function of it? It's
>> suppose to connect to any WiFi and run off an free app available through
>> certain Apple products. Curious.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:50:06 -0700
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
> Message-ID: <004201ce7c03$95ab4a20$c101de60$@gmail.com>
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>
> I was never really worried about this because in our home I only used it 
> in
> our son's room during the night and at nap times and turned it off all 
> other
> times.  I heard that they're supposed to be better now concerning that 
> topic
> then they used to be but who knows.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
> Smith
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:27 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
>
> So now I have a question about baby monitors, way back when, I'm talking 
> 20
> years ago, baby monitors like most cordless phones were an open invitation
> for crooks to listen into your homes.
> If you had a police scanner, which we always have, seriously, you could 
> hear
> peeps talking in their homes.
> And I'm saying, you could hear word for word what they said and if they 
> said
> they were leaving for the day, or what ever.  The same with cordless 
> phones.
> At least with these, you really didn't have a clue who these peeps were 
> but
> with the baby monitors, you had to be fairly close to them for the 
> scanners
> to work.
>
> So do you suppose they make them better these days, so nosey peeps like me
> cannot listen in.
>
> After I found out this, I refused to own one.
>
> We don't have a scanner for that reason, it's a hobby, listening to planes
> and stuff, the baby monitor stuff we discovered by accident while we were 
> at
> a friends house.
> V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gabe Vega
> Via Iphone4S
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 9:27 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Cc: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
>
> Or, you could spend $10 at your local Walmart. And get a full featured 
> audio
> baby monitor set for the house.
>
> Gabe Vega
> Sent from my iPhone
> CEO
> Commtech LLC
> The leader of computer support, training and web development services
> Web: http://commtechusa.net
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/commtechllc
> Facebook: http://facebook.com/commtechllc
> Email: info at commtechusa.net
> Phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 710
> Fax: (480) 535-7649
>
> On Jul 7, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently discovered that there's a baby monitor for certain Apple
>> products like the IPhone and Ipad. It's called Balkin WeMo, and I'm
>> wondering if anyone is familiar with it, and if so, is the app it runs
>> on accessible, and how is the over-all general function of it? It's
>> suppose to connect to any WiFi and run off an free app available
>> through certain Apple products. Curious.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:57:05 -0700
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
> Message-ID: <004301ce7c04$8f9149e0$aeb3dda0$@gmail.com>
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> I know that some love bagless vacuums but I tell you after having one for
> the past 2.5 years I'm done and going back to the bag vacs.  I am so
> grossed-out and tired of having to reach into the canister to pull hair 
> and
> junk out that won't fall out when I open it over the garbage.  Also, there
> is a lot of dust and junk that gets back into the air when the canister is
> opened and I end-up coughing.  I'm currently researching bag vacuums that
> will be best for us and I can't wait to get back to just grabbing the bag
> when it's full and tossing the sucker into the garbage. GRIN
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
> Smith
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:18 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>
> Well, yes and no.  We used to have a Eureka vacuum and honestly, it had 
> this
> stupid bag and I accidently sucked up a tiny sock and it went right up 
> into
> the motor and melted the belt and it all over heated and well, that's how 
> we
> ended up with the Dyson.  I don't want to take the chance again that
> anything will melt the belt or burn ou the motor.  hahaha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
> Antoine
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 4:31 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>
> You're hilarious!
>
> On 7/7/13, Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:
>> Dyson, especially if you have small children floating around.  The
>> dyson will pick up all that stuff our little ones bring in from who
>> knows where but if it accidently sucks up a sock or a certain toy, it
>> goes directly into the canister, no where near the motor or belt.  The
>> roomba I hear is frightening to children as it just goes here and
>> there without
> supervision.
>> hahaha
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Danielle Antoine
>> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 9:20 PM
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> So I'm looking at vacuum cleaners specifically those mentioned in the
>> subject line. Pros? cons? I don't mind spending the $$ but it better
>> be worth it!
>>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:12:57 -0700
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
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> Hope that goes great for you and it's so exciting when our munchkins begin
> to really understand the concept.  My son Dawson who is now 2 years and 8
> months is beginning to consistently go poop in the potty and he couldn't 
> be
> more proud.  We like to grab our musical instruments after he's gone and
> have a little party, dancing around the room and singing made-up songs 
> about
> having potty power.  I got several potty training videos for him from the
> library and the one that really had the most impact on him was Potty 
> Power.
> We also leave the bathroom door open at home so he can see what my husband
> and I are doing in there and so that we can talk about it while we're 
> going
> potty.  Dawson also loves to flush and close the lid for us when we're 
> done
> which reinforces where the pee and poop is supposed to go.  Going pee in 
> the
> potty is not consistent right now but I think that mostly has to do with 
> the
> fact that aim is a challenging thing.  Even though we have Dawson sit down
> and have him try and hold his ding-dong down, sometimes he sprays outside
> the potty and that upsets him because of the mess.  We're trying to get 
> him
> used to the shield in-between the legs but those are always so unnatural 
> and
> not the most comfortable.  Something else I have recently started is 
> giving
> Dawson a little prize every time he goes on his potty.  They're just 
> little
> toys I grabbed from the dollar bin at Target and he lights-up when he gets
> handed his new little toy as he's on the potty chair.  As soon as this
> becomes consistent I've explained to him that his final grand prize is
> getting to play at Ikea in the play room that has a ball pit.  This is
> something he's been wanting to do for months now and a child must be
> entirely out of diapers to play there.
>
> Happy potty training and have a great day.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
> Ovadia Mazzoni
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:00 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> Thanks everyone. We feel pretty srongly that this is the right time, Alex
> seems ready and he is also in fulltime daycare and has just been moved to
> the classroom where they work on potty training, so it doesn't really make
> sense for us to wait longer. I Know there's lots of opinions on when is 
> the
> right time so I'm not going to get in to all that. He's very verbal for 
> his
> age which does help and it is a learning process for sure. Just one of 
> those
> things about parenting that's extra challenging, in my opinion, anyway.
>
> On 7/8/13, Jennifer Bose <jen10514 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, Ronit.
>>
>> Good luck with this; it does work out eventually. I agree with waiting
>> a little longer, too, when kids are cognitively a little further
>> along. We got serious about potty-training when my daughter Abigail
>> was close to 3-1/2, and by then I could just have little conversations
>> about it with her, reminding her that if she needs to go potty, she
>> should tell me. Now, she almost always just takes herself to the potty
>> when she needs to and is pretty independent. But I guess it's great if
>> you can go through this process earlier, too.
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> On 7/8/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A couple things that worked for us was that I could hear a difference
>>> in my daughter's voice and she moved differently.
>>> Basically find behaviors that are nonvisual that you can pick up on.
>>> Also,
>>> realize that this method and/or this period in time may not work for 
>>> you.
>>> Nothing wrong with that.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:48 PM
>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> We have just started potty training our 27 month old son and we are
>>> using the method described in the ebook "oh crap potty training."
>>> Basically this method advocates letting the child be naked for a
>>> while while you teach them to go to the potty and then move on to
>>> pants but no underwear. One of the big concepts that they stress is
>>> looking for signals that they need to go so you can prompt them to
>>> get on the potty. I'm finding this very challenging since it is
>>> mostly a visual thing and mostly subtle. My husband has picked up on
>>> a few things since he is sighted but when I am alone with Alex, I am
>>> finding that I only know he's had an accident after he goes.
>>> Sometimes my husband can catch it right before it happens and rush
>>> him to the potty but I never can. Does anyone have any techniques for
>>> figuring out these signals in a non visual way?
>>> Thanks so much.
>>> Ronit
>>>
>>>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:31:00 -0400
> From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
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> They do make them better now.
> Listening to planes is different, everybody is talking over radio, and
> everybody knows there is no privacy.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
> Smith
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 1:27 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
>
> So now I have a question about baby monitors, way back when, I'm talking 
> 20
> years ago, baby monitors like most cordless phones were an open invitation
> for crooks to listen into your homes.
> If you had a police scanner, which we always have, seriously, you could 
> hear
> peeps talking in their homes.
> And I'm saying, you could hear word for word what they said and if they 
> said
> they were leaving for the day, or what ever.  The same with cordless 
> phones.
> At least with these, you really didn't have a clue who these peeps were 
> but
> with the baby monitors, you had to be fairly close to them for the 
> scanners
> to work.
>
> So do you suppose they make them better these days, so nosey peeps like me
> cannot listen in.
>
> After I found out this, I refused to own one.
>
> We don't have a scanner for that reason, it's a hobby, listening to planes
> and stuff, the baby monitor stuff we discovered by accident while we were 
> at
> a friends house.
> V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gabe Vega
> Via Iphone4S
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 9:27 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Cc: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
>
> Or, you could spend $10 at your local Walmart. And get a full featured 
> audio
> baby monitor set for the house.
>
> Gabe Vega
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 7, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently discovered that there's a baby monitor for certain Apple
>> products like the IPhone and Ipad. It's called Balkin WeMo, and I'm
>> wondering if anyone is familiar with it, and if so, is the app it runs
>> on accessible, and how is the over-all general function of it? It's
>> suppose to connect to any WiFi and run off an free app available
>> through certain Apple products. Curious.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:33:07 -0400
> From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
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> I didn't find potty challenging. I found the various approaches annoying,
> but once I got it into my head that it was just like training a dog, I was
> fine. Most of the cues you will be told about are visual because that's 
> what
> most people go on, if you pardon the pun. You just need to find cues that
> work for you.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
> Ovadia Mazzoni
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 1:00 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> Thanks everyone. We feel pretty srongly that this is the right time, Alex
> seems ready and he is also in fulltime daycare and has just been moved to
> the classroom where they work on potty training, so it doesn't really make
> sense for us to wait longer. I Know there's lots of opinions on when is 
> the
> right time so I'm not going to get in to all that. He's very verbal for 
> his
> age which does help and it is a learning process for sure. Just one of 
> those
> things about parenting that's extra challenging, in my opinion, anyway.
>
> On 7/8/13, Jennifer Bose <jen10514 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, Ronit.
>>
>> Good luck with this; it does work out eventually. I agree with waiting
>> a little longer, too, when kids are cognitively a little further
>> along. We got serious about potty-training when my daughter Abigail
>> was close to 3-1/2, and by then I could just have little conversations
>> about it with her, reminding her that if she needs to go potty, she
>> should tell me. Now, she almost always just takes herself to the potty
>> when she needs to and is pretty independent. But I guess it's great if
>> you can go through this process earlier, too.
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> On 7/8/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A couple things that worked for us was that I could hear a difference
>>> in my daughter's voice and she moved differently.
>>> Basically find behaviors that are nonvisual that you can pick up on.
>>> Also,
>>> realize that this method and/or this period in time may not work for 
>>> you.
>>> Nothing wrong with that.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:48 PM
>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> We have just started potty training our 27 month old son and we are
>>> using the method described in the ebook "oh crap potty training."
>>> Basically this method advocates letting the child be naked for a
>>> while while you teach them to go to the potty and then move on to
>>> pants but no underwear. One of the big concepts that they stress is
>>> looking for signals that they need to go so you can prompt them to
>>> get on the potty. I'm finding this very challenging since it is
>>> mostly a visual thing and mostly subtle. My husband has picked up on
>>> a few things since he is sighted but when I am alone with Alex, I am
>>> finding that I only know he's had an accident after he goes.
>>> Sometimes my husband can catch it right before it happens and rush
>>> him to the potty but I never can. Does anyone have any techniques for
>>> figuring out these signals in a non visual way?
>>> Thanks so much.
>>> Ronit
>>>
>>>
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> Message: 12
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 11:40:47 -0700
> From: Kaila Allen <kailaallen22 at gmail.com>
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
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> I have both I love the dyson
>
> Princess Kaila
>
> On Jul 8, 2013, at 10:57 AM, "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know that some love bagless vacuums but I tell you after having one for
>> the past 2.5 years I'm done and going back to the bag vacs.  I am so
>> grossed-out and tired of having to reach into the canister to pull hair 
>> and
>> junk out that won't fall out when I open it over the garbage.  Also, 
>> there
>> is a lot of dust and junk that gets back into the air when the canister 
>> is
>> opened and I end-up coughing.  I'm currently researching bag vacuums that
>> will be best for us and I can't wait to get back to just grabbing the bag
>> when it's full and tossing the sucker into the garbage. GRIN
>>
>> Erin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
>> Smith
>> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:18 AM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> Well, yes and no.  We used to have a Eureka vacuum and honestly, it had 
>> this
>> stupid bag and I accidently sucked up a tiny sock and it went right up 
>> into
>> the motor and melted the belt and it all over heated and well, that's how 
>> we
>> ended up with the Dyson.  I don't want to take the chance again that
>> anything will melt the belt or burn ou the motor.  hahaha
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
>> Antoine
>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 4:31 PM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> You're hilarious!
>>
>> On 7/7/13, Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:
>>> Dyson, especially if you have small children floating around.  The
>>> dyson will pick up all that stuff our little ones bring in from who
>>> knows where but if it accidently sucks up a sock or a certain toy, it
>>> goes directly into the canister, no where near the motor or belt.  The
>>> roomba I hear is frightening to children as it just goes here and
>>> there without
>> supervision.
>>> hahaha
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Danielle Antoine
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 9:20 PM
>>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>>
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> So I'm looking at vacuum cleaners specifically those mentioned in the
>>> subject line. Pros? cons? I don't mind spending the $$ but it better
>>> be worth it!
>>>
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> Message: 13
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:12:26 -0400
> From: "Sean Paul" <newsandtraffic at aol.com>
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
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> discussion here, I'm now with hard wood floors & am looking for one of 
> these
> type vacs for cleaining them.Thanks for the de
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kaila Allen" <kailaallen22 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 14:40
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>
>
>> I have both I love the dyson
>>
>> Princess Kaila
>>
>> On Jul 8, 2013, at 10:57 AM, "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I know that some love bagless vacuums but I tell you after having one 
>>> for
>>> the past 2.5 years I'm done and going back to the bag vacs.  I am so
>>> grossed-out and tired of having to reach into the canister to pull hair
>>> and
>>> junk out that won't fall out when I open it over the garbage.  Also,
>>> there
>>> is a lot of dust and junk that gets back into the air when the canister
>>> is
>>> opened and I end-up coughing.  I'm currently researching bag vacuums 
>>> that
>>> will be best for us and I can't wait to get back to just grabbing the 
>>> bag
>>> when it's full and tossing the sucker into the garbage. GRIN
>>>
>>> Erin
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Veronica
>>> Smith
>>> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:18 AM
>>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>>
>>> Well, yes and no.  We used to have a Eureka vacuum and honestly, it had
>>> this
>>> stupid bag and I accidently sucked up a tiny sock and it went right up
>>> into
>>> the motor and melted the belt and it all over heated and well, that's 
>>> how
>>> we
>>> ended up with the Dyson.  I don't want to take the chance again that
>>> anything will melt the belt or burn ou the motor.  hahaha
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Danielle
>>> Antoine
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 4:31 PM
>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>>
>>> You're hilarious!
>>>
>>> On 7/7/13, Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:
>>>> Dyson, especially if you have small children floating around.  The
>>>> dyson will pick up all that stuff our little ones bring in from who
>>>> knows where but if it accidently sucks up a sock or a certain toy, it
>>>> goes directly into the canister, no where near the motor or belt.  The
>>>> roomba I hear is frightening to children as it just goes here and
>>>> there without
>>> supervision.
>>>> hahaha
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Danielle Antoine
>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 9:20 PM
>>>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>>>
>>>> Hello List,
>>>>
>>>> So I'm looking at vacuum cleaners specifically those mentioned in the
>>>> subject line. Pros? cons? I don't mind spending the $$ but it better
>>>> be worth it!
>>>>
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> Message: 14
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:05:21 -0400
> From: Kate McEachern <kflsouth at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about IPhone baby monitor
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> Just by a baby moniter without extra stuff. It will be less cash.
> Kate
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 7, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently discovered that there's a baby monitor for certain Apple
>> products like the IPhone and Ipad. It's called Balkin WeMo, and I'm
>> wondering if anyone is familiar with it, and if so, is the app it runs
>> on accessible, and how is the over-all general function of it? It's
>> suppose to connect to any WiFi and run off an free app available through
>> certain Apple products. Curious.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
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> Message: 15
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:10:39 -0600
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
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> I tried with my daughter at two years old, and the attempt went down in
> flames.  When she was three and a half, she was trained in ten days, even 
> at
> night, with only a couple of accidents since then.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Sharon Howerton
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 4:40 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> Ronit, personally, I think you might wait a little longer. My sons were
> older than this when they were trained; of course, they are now adults and 
> I
> don't remember back that far as to exactly when they were done. Our Hadley
> Early years text discusses some of these things.
> Sharon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
> Ovadia Mazzoni
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 10:48 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>
> Hi everyone,
> We have just started potty training our 27 month old son and we are using
> the method described in the ebook "oh crap potty training." Basically this
> method advocates letting the child be naked for a while while you teach 
> them
> to go to the potty and then move on to pants but no underwear. One of the
> big concepts that they stress is looking for signals that they need to go 
> so
> you can prompt them to get on the potty. I'm finding this very challenging
> since it is mostly a visual thing and mostly subtle. My husband has picked
> up on a few things since he is sighted but when I am alone with Alex, I am
> finding that I only know he's had an accident after he goes. Sometimes my
> husband can catch it right before it happens and rush him to the potty but 
> I
> never can. Does anyone have any techniques for figuring out these signals 
> in
> a non visual way?
> Thanks so much.
> Ronit
>
>
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> Message: 16
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:14:42 -0600
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
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> Another good video is Go Potty Go!  Lots of catchy tunes about going,
> washing your hands, being a big kid--they'll drive you crazy, but they 
> might
> help your son.  What I liked about the video was that it stressed the
> feeling in your tummy you get when it's time to go potty, starting to make
> that connection.
>
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Erin Rumer
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 12:12 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> Hope that goes great for you and it's so exciting when our munchkins begin
> to really understand the concept.  My son Dawson who is now 2 years and 8
> months is beginning to consistently go poop in the potty and he couldn't 
> be
> more proud.  We like to grab our musical instruments after he's gone and
> have a little party, dancing around the room and singing made-up songs 
> about
> having potty power.  I got several potty training videos for him from the
> library and the one that really had the most impact on him was Potty 
> Power.
> We also leave the bathroom door open at home so he can see what my husband
> and I are doing in there and so that we can talk about it while we're 
> going
> potty.  Dawson also loves to flush and close the lid for us when we're 
> done
> which reinforces where the pee and poop is supposed to go.  Going pee in 
> the
> potty is not consistent right now but I think that mostly has to do with 
> the
> fact that aim is a challenging thing.  Even though we have Dawson sit down
> and have him try and hold his ding-dong down, sometimes he sprays outside
> the potty and that upsets him because of the mess.  We're trying to get 
> him
> used to the shield in-between the legs but those are always so unnatural 
> and
> not the most comfortable.  Something else I have recently started is 
> giving
> Dawson a little prize every time he goes on his potty.  They're just 
> little
> toys I grabbed from the dollar bin at Target and he lights-up when he gets
> handed his new little toy as he's on the potty chair.  As soon as this
> becomes consistent I've explained to him that his final grand prize is
> getting to play at Ikea in the play room that has a ball pit.  This is
> something he's been wanting to do for months now and a child must be
> entirely out of diapers to play there.
>
> Happy potty training and have a great day.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
> Ovadia Mazzoni
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:00 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> Thanks everyone. We feel pretty srongly that this is the right time, Alex
> seems ready and he is also in fulltime daycare and has just been moved to
> the classroom where they work on potty training, so it doesn't really make
> sense for us to wait longer. I Know there's lots of opinions on when is 
> the
> right time so I'm not going to get in to all that. He's very verbal for 
> his
> age which does help and it is a learning process for sure. Just one of 
> those
> things about parenting that's extra challenging, in my opinion, anyway.
>
> On 7/8/13, Jennifer Bose <jen10514 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, Ronit.
>>
>> Good luck with this; it does work out eventually. I agree with waiting
>> a little longer, too, when kids are cognitively a little further
>> along. We got serious about potty-training when my daughter Abigail
>> was close to 3-1/2, and by then I could just have little conversations
>> about it with her, reminding her that if she needs to go potty, she
>> should tell me. Now, she almost always just takes herself to the potty
>> when she needs to and is pretty independent. But I guess it's great if
>> you can go through this process earlier, too.
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> On 7/8/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A couple things that worked for us was that I could hear a difference
>>> in my daughter's voice and she moved differently.
>>> Basically find behaviors that are nonvisual that you can pick up on.
>>> Also,
>>> realize that this method and/or this period in time may not work for 
>>> you.
>>> Nothing wrong with that.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:48 PM
>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> We have just started potty training our 27 month old son and we are
>>> using the method described in the ebook "oh crap potty training."
>>> Basically this method advocates letting the child be naked for a
>>> while while you teach them to go to the potty and then move on to
>>> pants but no underwear. One of the big concepts that they stress is
>>> looking for signals that they need to go so you can prompt them to
>>> get on the potty. I'm finding this very challenging since it is
>>> mostly a visual thing and mostly subtle. My husband has picked up on
>>> a few things since he is sighted but when I am alone with Alex, I am
>>> finding that I only know he's had an accident after he goes.
>>> Sometimes my husband can catch it right before it happens and rush
>>> him to the potty but I never can. Does anyone have any techniques for
>>> figuring out these signals in a non visual way?
>>> Thanks so much.
>>> Ronit
>>>
>>>
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> Message: 17
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:21:29 -0400
> From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re:  dyson Animal or roomba?
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> I too love my dyson.  It's easy to use and easy to clean, and works great.
> I tried to use the animal grooming tool on my dog the other day but she 
> was
> having no part of it.
>
> Tammy
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Kaila Allen
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 2:40 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Cc: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>
> I have both I love the dyson
>
> Princess Kaila
>
> On Jul 8, 2013, at 10:57 AM, "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know that some love bagless vacuums but I tell you after having one for
>> the past 2.5 years I'm done and going back to the bag vacs.  I am so
>> grossed-out and tired of having to reach into the canister to pull hair
>> and
>> junk out that won't fall out when I open it over the garbage.  Also, 
>> there
>> is a lot of dust and junk that gets back into the air when the canister 
>> is
>> opened and I end-up coughing.  I'm currently researching bag vacuums that
>> will be best for us and I can't wait to get back to just grabbing the bag
>> when it's full and tossing the sucker into the garbage. GRIN
>>
>> Erin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
>> Smith
>> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:18 AM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> Well, yes and no.  We used to have a Eureka vacuum and honestly, it had
>> this
>> stupid bag and I accidently sucked up a tiny sock and it went right up
>> into
>> the motor and melted the belt and it all over heated and well, that's how
>> we
>> ended up with the Dyson.  I don't want to take the chance again that
>> anything will melt the belt or burn ou the motor.  hahaha
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
>> Antoine
>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 4:31 PM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> You're hilarious!
>>
>> On 7/7/13, Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:
>>> Dyson, especially if you have small children floating around.  The
>>> dyson will pick up all that stuff our little ones bring in from who
>>> knows where but if it accidently sucks up a sock or a certain toy, it
>>> goes directly into the canister, no where near the motor or belt.  The
>>> roomba I hear is frightening to children as it just goes here and
>>> there without
>> supervision.
>>> hahaha
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Danielle Antoine
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 9:20 PM
>>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>>
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> So I'm looking at vacuum cleaners specifically those mentioned in the
>>> subject line. Pros? cons? I don't mind spending the $$ but it better
>>> be worth it!
>>>
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> Message: 18
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:34:44 -0400
> From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
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> Roomba was entertaining but couldn't navigate around clutter. As for kids
> being afraid of them, that probably depends on the kid. Mine was afraid of
> our sump pump. Didn't mean we didn't expect her to deal with it, and our
> yard at the time drained in such a way that that pump was almost always
> running.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
> Smith
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 6:25 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>
> Dyson, especially if you have small children floating around.  The dyson
> will pick up all that stuff our little ones bring in from who knows where
> but if it accidently sucks up a sock or a certain toy, it goes directly 
> into
> the canister, no where near the motor or belt.  The roomba I hear is
> frightening to children as it just goes here and there without 
> supervision.
> hahaha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
> Antoine
> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 9:20 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>
> Hello List,
>
> So I'm looking at vacuum cleaners specifically those mentioned in the
> subject line. Pros? cons? I don't mind spending the $$ but it better be
> worth it!
>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:28:13 -0700
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
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> Yes, this was one of the ones we also got from the library and it's super
> cute.  I also let my son decorate his potty chair with Thomas the Train
> stickers which gave him a huge sense of pride and made his potty even more
> special.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
> Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 1:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> Another good video is Go Potty Go!  Lots of catchy tunes about going,
> washing your hands, being a big kid--they'll drive you crazy, but they 
> might
> help your son.  What I liked about the video was that it stressed the
> feeling in your tummy you get when it's time to go potty, starting to make
> that connection.
>
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erin Rumer
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 12:12 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> Hope that goes great for you and it's so exciting when our munchkins begin
> to really understand the concept.  My son Dawson who is now 2 years and 8
> months is beginning to consistently go poop in the potty and he couldn't 
> be
> more proud.  We like to grab our musical instruments after he's gone and
> have a little party, dancing around the room and singing made-up songs 
> about
> having potty power.  I got several potty training videos for him from the
> library and the one that really had the most impact on him was Potty 
> Power.
> We also leave the bathroom door open at home so he can see what my husband
> and I are doing in there and so that we can talk about it while we're 
> going
> potty.  Dawson also loves to flush and close the lid for us when we're 
> done
> which reinforces where the pee and poop is supposed to go.  Going pee in 
> the
> potty is not consistent right now but I think that mostly has to do with 
> the
> fact that aim is a challenging thing.  Even though we have Dawson sit down
> and have him try and hold his ding-dong down, sometimes he sprays outside
> the potty and that upsets him because of the mess.  We're trying to get 
> him
> used to the shield in-between the legs but those are always so unnatural 
> and
> not the most comfortable.  Something else I have recently started is 
> giving
> Dawson a little prize every time he goes on his potty.  They're just 
> little
> toys I grabbed from the dollar bin at Target and he lights-up when he gets
> handed his new little toy as he's on the potty chair.  As soon as this
> becomes consistent I've explained to him that his final grand prize is
> getting to play at Ikea in the play room that has a ball pit.  This is
> something he's been wanting to do for months now and a child must be
> entirely out of diapers to play there.
>
> Happy potty training and have a great day.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
> Ovadia Mazzoni
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:00 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] potty training
>
> Thanks everyone. We feel pretty srongly that this is the right time, Alex
> seems ready and he is also in fulltime daycare and has just been moved to
> the classroom where they work on potty training, so it doesn't really make
> sense for us to wait longer. I Know there's lots of opinions on when is 
> the
> right time so I'm not going to get in to all that. He's very verbal for 
> his
> age which does help and it is a learning process for sure. Just one of 
> those
> things about parenting that's extra challenging, in my opinion, anyway.
>
> On 7/8/13, Jennifer Bose <jen10514 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, Ronit.
>>
>> Good luck with this; it does work out eventually. I agree with waiting
>> a little longer, too, when kids are cognitively a little further
>> along. We got serious about potty-training when my daughter Abigail
>> was close to 3-1/2, and by then I could just have little conversations
>> about it with her, reminding her that if she needs to go potty, she
>> should tell me. Now, she almost always just takes herself to the potty
>> when she needs to and is pretty independent. But I guess it's great if
>> you can go through this process earlier, too.
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> On 7/8/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A couple things that worked for us was that I could hear a difference
>>> in my daughter's voice and she moved differently.
>>> Basically find behaviors that are nonvisual that you can pick up on.
>>> Also,
>>> realize that this method and/or this period in time may not work for 
>>> you.
>>> Nothing wrong with that.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:48 PM
>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: [blparent] potty training
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> We have just started potty training our 27 month old son and we are
>>> using the method described in the ebook "oh crap potty training."
>>> Basically this method advocates letting the child be naked for a
>>> while while you teach them to go to the potty and then move on to
>>> pants but no underwear. One of the big concepts that they stress is
>>> looking for signals that they need to go so you can prompt them to
>>> get on the potty. I'm finding this very challenging since it is
>>> mostly a visual thing and mostly subtle. My husband has picked up on
>>> a few things since he is sighted but when I am alone with Alex, I am
>>> finding that I only know he's had an accident after he goes.
>>> Sometimes my husband can catch it right before it happens and rush
>>> him to the potty but I never can. Does anyone have any techniques for
>>> figuring out these signals in a non visual way?
>>> Thanks so much.
>>> Ronit
>>>
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> Message: 20
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:33:48 -0700
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or Roomba?
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> I've heard great things about the Dyson and I'd suggest that one if you 
> can
> afford it.  I've heard the Roomba is nice but lacks in suction.  I have a
> Shark Navigator and it does a great job as far as picking things up and
> maneuverability, but it's frustrating to clean the filters and gross to
> clean-out the tank.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaila 
> Allen
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 11:41 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
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> I have both I love the dyson
>
> Princess Kaila
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> On Jul 8, 2013, at 10:57 AM, "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know that some love bagless vacuums but I tell you after having one
>> for the past 2.5 years I'm done and going back to the bag vacs.  I am
>> so grossed-out and tired of having to reach into the canister to pull
>> hair and junk out that won't fall out when I open it over the garbage.
>> Also, there is a lot of dust and junk that gets back into the air when
>> the canister is opened and I end-up coughing.  I'm currently
>> researching bag vacuums that will be best for us and I can't wait to
>> get back to just grabbing the bag when it's full and tossing the
>> sucker into the garbage. GRIN
>>
>> Erin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Veronica Smith
>> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:18 AM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> Well, yes and no.  We used to have a Eureka vacuum and honestly, it
>> had this stupid bag and I accidently sucked up a tiny sock and it went
>> right up into the motor and melted the belt and it all over heated and
>> well, that's how we ended up with the Dyson.  I don't want to take the
>> chance again that anything will melt the belt or burn ou the motor.
>> hahaha
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Danielle Antoine
>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 4:31 PM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> You're hilarious!
>>
>> On 7/7/13, Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:
>>> Dyson, especially if you have small children floating around.  The
>>> dyson will pick up all that stuff our little ones bring in from who
>>> knows where but if it accidently sucks up a sock or a certain toy, it
>>> goes directly into the canister, no where near the motor or belt.
>>> The roomba I hear is frightening to children as it just goes here and
>>> there without
>> supervision.
>>> hahaha
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Danielle Antoine
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 9:20 PM
>>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>>
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> So I'm looking at vacuum cleaners specifically those mentioned in the
>>> subject line. Pros? cons? I don't mind spending the $$ but it better
>>> be worth it!
>>>
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> Message: 21
> Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 02:16:59 -0500
> From: Danielle Antoine <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
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> tammy,
>
> What is a sump pump?
>
> On 7/8/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Roomba was entertaining but couldn't navigate around clutter. As for kids
>> being afraid of them, that probably depends on the kid. Mine was afraid 
>> of
>> our sump pump. Didn't mean we didn't expect her to deal with it, and our
>> yard at the time drained in such a way that that pump was almost always
>> running.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
>> Smith
>> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 6:25 PM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> Dyson, especially if you have small children floating around.  The dyson
>> will pick up all that stuff our little ones bring in from who knows where
>> but if it accidently sucks up a sock or a certain toy, it goes directly
>> into
>> the canister, no where near the motor or belt.  The roomba I hear is
>> frightening to children as it just goes here and there without 
>> supervision.
>> hahaha
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle
>> Antoine
>> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 9:20 PM
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [blparent] dyson Animal or roomba?
>>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> So I'm looking at vacuum cleaners specifically those mentioned in the
>> subject line. Pros? cons? I don't mind spending the $$ but it better be
>> worth it!
>>
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