[blparent] New blind parents

[Amanda Berkley]

Hi Tony,
My boyfriend and I are blind as well and have a 7 month old little
boy! Congrats on the baby on the way!

I never found a tutorial on blind parenting. LOL. I honestly don't
think we do much different than sighted people do. Diaper changing
could be difficult, but if you have helpful hospital staff or family
after delivery, perhaps you could have 1 of them show you how to do a
good and clean change. I know as a mom I had some problems breast
feeding and pumping, but that is a whole 'nother kettle of fish and
perhaps too much information. lol

You might find it easier to ask questions as you run into things.
Changing clothes is pretty straight forward, but swaddling could be a
bit difficult. Luckily for us, our son never was a fan of the swaddle.

Welcome to the list, and congrats on the little one!

Amanda

On 6/23/18, Tony Malykh via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Both me and my wife are visually impaired and we have a baby on the way.
> We don't have any experience, but we'd like to learn how to do it right.
> I don't have any specific questions at this moment, but I am wondering
> if you guys have any advice on how to be a blind parent in general? Is
> there any tutorial on how to be a blind parent?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
>
>
>
>
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