[blparent] Babysitting at other people's houses

[Sheila Leigland]

you got that right. My mom was babysitting when Mark and his cousin were 
toddlers and they got out the watter colors and painted the shower. Mom 
told us about this when we got back and she said but oh they were so 
quiet.I said yes but that is when you check for trouble.
On 1/3/2015 4:51 PM, Star Gazer via blparent wrote:
> Hi.
> We just moved into a house that's very open and has high celings.
> It was tricky at first. I got used to it.
> One thing that may help is to have mats on the floor so you know when you're
> going from one room to another. I didn't need to do this, I got used to the
> house before I got the mats.
> You may also want to have some kind of sound beacon, a radio a tv, or
> something to help orient you.
> Since you know your sister has an open house, get to know her house. Also,
> spend time with the baby so you get to know that person. You'll learn the
> normal sounds v. the not normal sounds. You also need to keep your ears
> pealed, a baby or toddler won't stay silent forever. They also want your
> attention so if they seem to not want you around, they are up to no good.
> Finally, you will need to remind your sister what you not being able to see
> means. For example, she may think "I'll see it if Johnny goes for the ming
> vase" and you don't even know they have a ming vase, so you'll need to ask
> them what is around that they don't want their kid to have. Ask about stuff
> like perfume, medicines, her prized beer can collection, that sort of thing.
> Parents get to know their kids, and so we'll think "Johnny has never ever
> shown any interest in my china dog collection, it's ok that it's out".
> I think you can do this, you'll just need to decide if it's what you want to
> do.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
> Silverman via blparent
> Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2015 4:21 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Babysitting at other people's houses
>
> Hi all,
> A recent experience prompted this question. For Christmas we stayed at my
> in-laws' new house and were helping look after our 2-year-old niece while
> the rest of the family was engaged in Christmas preparations.
> The house is very open with high ceilings and I found it difficult to keep
> track of where she was. She made plenty of noise but the acoustics were such
> that I would think she had gone to one side but she was on the other. We
> wanted to supervise her closely because being Grandma's house, things
> weren't toddler-proofed and parts of the house are unfinished. I  found it
> hard to supervise her without my husband being there to keep visual track of
> where she was. I feel like watching her in my own home or even my parents'
> home would have been fine, but it was difficult in this particular house
> that I still wasn't entirely familiar with. There were also times when she
> would become silent and didn't answer when I called her name. It occurs to
> me that she has never needed to be taught to come when called as her parents
> can easily find her visually. I  only see her once a year and she doesn't
> know yet that I  can't see her. For those of you with more babysitting
> experience, what tricks do you use to help you supervise other people's
> children in another person's home? My sister is planning to start a family
> to and I really want to be able to care for and playwith her children in her
> own home which is also quite large.
> It made me feel sad and discouraged not to be able to keep up with my niece
> without sighted assistance. Thanks for any help!
> Arielle
>
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