[blparent] Babysitting a two-year-old along with my14-month-old baby advice requested

[Annely Rose]

Yes, well said.  Pots and pans are great.  I would recommend wooden spoons if you have them.  Or, just clap your hands.  Even marching around the room is fun.  You can also make up songs, too.  They can learn to locate their body parts with a made up song.  Be creative.  They don't know enough to criticize. *smile*

Annely
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On Mon, 10/12/15, Jo Elizabeth Pinto via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [blparent] Babysitting a two-year-old along with my14-month-old	baby advice requested
 To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
 Cc: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
 Date: Monday, October 12, 2015, 6:59 PM
 
 Is this a one-time thing
 or a regular babysitting job?  How long is it for? 
 How verbal is the kid?  Nursery rhymes are
 fun.  You ccan bang on pots and 
 pans with
 spoons or your hands as you sing them.  I did this with my
 
 daughter a lot as she was learning to
 talk.  We had a nursery rhyme CD from 
 WEE
 Sing that she liked, and we used to sing along with it, but
 you can do 
 the rhymes without the CD if you
 don't have one.
 
 Jo
 Elizabeth
 
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 -----Original Message-----
 
 From: Annely Rose via blparent
 Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 4:13 PM
 To: Tara Briggs ; Blind Parents Mailing List
 Cc: Annely Rose
 Subject: Re:
 [blparent] Babysitting a two-year-old along with
 my14-month-old 
 baby advice requested
 
 Hi Tara,
 
 You can play "Ring Around the Rosy",
 sing the Eensy Weensy Spider song and 
 do
 the hand movements that go along with it, maybe Hoky Poky. 
 Because of 
 their short attention span, you
 probably won't do much of Hoky Poky.  That's 
 all I can think of off the top of my head right
 now.
 
 Annely
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 On Mon, 10/12/15, Tara Briggs <thflute at gmail.com>
 wrote:
 
 Subject: Re:
 [blparent] Babysitting a two-year-old along with my 
 14-month-old baby advice requested
 To: "Blind Parents Mailing List"
 <blparent at nfbnet.org>
 Cc: "Annely Rose" <annely53r at yahoo.com>
 Date: Monday, October 12, 2015, 5:28 PM
 
 Thanks for the advice!
 What games have you found that would be good to
 play with
 children this age?
 
 Sent
 from my
 iPhone
 
 > On Oct 12,
 2015, at
 2:16 PM, Annely Rose via blparent
 <blparent at nfbnet.org>
 wrote:
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > Of course, you would
 want
 to keep them in the same area.  You also want to go
 around the room or area and make sure there is
 nothing
 dangerous or hazardous that they can
 get into: nicknacks,
 small items that can be
 swallowed, pencils, pens, knives,
 scissors,
 cigarettes, matches, lighters, etc.  Since you
 have a 14-month-old, you probably have your
 home child
 proofed already.  Have toys that
 they can play with.  The
 other parents
 might want to send a favorite toy or some kind
 of toy that their child can play with if your
 child
 doesn't like to share.  You can
 also play games with
 both children to keep
 them occupied.  The other parents
 might
 want to send a snack or you can ask them if their
 child has any allergies if you have any snacks
 at home.
 You might want to ask about
 allergies anyway.  You might
 want to know
 about any specifics if the child is being potty
 trained.  I have 2 grown sons of my own and
 had done
 babysitting as a teen and also
 about 10
 >
 years ago. 
 Good luck and enjoy.
 >
 > Annely
 >
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 > On Mon, 10/12/15, Tara Briggs via
 blparent
 <blparent at nfbnet.org>
 wrote:
 >
 > Subject:
 [blparent]
 Babysitting a two-year-old along with my
 14-month-old    baby advice requested
 >
 To: "Blind Parents
 Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
 > Cc: "Tara Briggs" <thflute at gmail.com>
 > Date: Monday, October 12, 2015, 2:43 PM
 >
 > Hi all! A week
 from
 next Tuesday I am
 >
 going to be
 babysitting a two-year-old along
 with my
 > 14-month-old daughter. I
 don't know
 the child at all. His
 > parents or
 friends from
 church and they requested some help.
 > I
 volunteered and they took me up on it!
 What
 advice do you
 > guys have her being
 able to keep track of him and make sure
 >
 that both kids are safe
 and have a good time?  I Will
 > be
 watching him from about 8:30 AM to
 11:30 AM.
 Thanks for
 > any help!
 >
 > Sent from my
 iPhone
 >
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