[blparent] Tips on parenting a toddler and a newborn.

[Judy Jones]

One thing we used to do.  You will find the new baby will be demanding of 
course, but the older one will want your attention.

In a situation where New Baby starts to cry, if you know nothing immediate 
is needed and you can let the baby cry for a couple minutes, if you are 
doing something with your older one, say something like, "Just a second, New 
Baby, I'm with Older Daughter right now, I'll be there in a minute.

What this REALLY does is lets your older daughter know that although 
newborn is high priority, there are times when it is okay for your older 
daughter to claim some attention ahead of the newborn.

Again, this is a situation you have to think about before it actually 
happens, is a setup in a way, and works when you know the newborn is okay 
and safe and can cry for a couple of minutes, no more.  Just enough to get 
your point across to your older daughter.

I hope I've made sense with this explanation.

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Wendy Meuse via BlParent
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 6:44 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Cc: Wendy Meuse
Subject: Re: [blparent] Tips on parenting a toddler and a newborn.

Hi Tara:  I wish I could advise you from my own experience.  I only  had one 
baby though.  But I have had a couple of blind friends
who had more then one baby.  They talked a lot about the new baby to the 
toddler and it helped to let the big brother or sister help
with new baby's care as well.   I just want to congratulate you though, and 
I will be looking forward to hearing about how things
work out.  I know they will.  I think a lot of thingthat work  for sighted 
parents will work with us though.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tara Wiseman via BlParent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
To: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
Cc: "Tara Wiseman" <thflute at gmail.com>; "Blind Parents Mailing List" 
<blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Tips on parenting a toddler and a newborn.


Hi, I am confused by your answer. It is my understanding that the blind 
parent list is a networking list of people who are parents
who are blind. On this list, we come up with  ideas and solutions for how we 
can successfully parent without site. In addition, we
try and support each other. Obviously, I thought things through before I 
became pregnant. However, I was hoping to find blind
parents who have had a similar situation and could help me with some things 
that worked  for them.   This list has been extremely
helpful in the past. I want to thank  anyone who sends me some ideas or 
advice for what has worked for them.
Tara

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 20, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>                Little late to worry about that now isn't
> it? I truly do not understand this question. If you were worried about
> "making this work" you should have thought of that before you got 
> pregnant.
> This is not to be confused with having faith that it will work. The latter
> makes sense given your short runway.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara
> Wiseman via BlParent
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 1:00 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Tara Wiseman <thflute at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blparent] Tips on parenting a toddler and a newborn.
>
> Hi all, I am expecting my second baby on June 29. My daughter is 23 months
> old. But he has vice you could pass along about how to make this work?
> Thanks!
>
> Tara
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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