[blParent] Attaching a bell to a crawling baby

[sheila leigland]

When my son was a baby it would have been imposible to have a sighted 
person always around when he was not in a playpen crib or swing. Our 
pediatrician was wonderful and reminded me that Mark needed the freedom 
to explore his surroundings and that he couldn't and shouldn't be kept 
in a secluded emviornment. We developed age appropriate guidelines and 
trudsted ourselves to keep him safe. I'm  not saying din

t seep the baby safe but allow him to grow and trust yourselves to be 
capable parents. My husband and I are totally blind and it can be done 
and done well.

On 10/29/2019 2:31 PM, Tony Malykh via BlParent wrote:
> Sharon,
>
> Has it ever happened to you that you kicked your son accidentally 
> while walking?
>
> Right now we try to have pretty strict rules in our home to always 
> have a sighted adult watching over the baby and letting me and my wife 
> know every time the baby crawls out of the playmat. But it actually 
> requires a lot of energy to always keep thinking where is baby right 
> now. So I'm thinking about relaxing the rules and I'm curious how safe 
> it would be if we let the baby crawl wherever he wants and we just 
> follow your advice to walk carefully.
>
> And I guess, even if I kick the baby, that wouldn't do much harm 
> (relatively), but I'm more worried about tripping over and falling on 
> him.
>
> On 10/28/2019 11:19 AM, Sharon Howerton via BlParent wrote:
>> Tony, one of my students said they used to pin a bell to the back of 
>> their
>> son's shirt so he couldn't get it off. When my sons were young, and 
>> they are
>> now in their 30's, I just learned to walk very carefully!
>> Best of luck!
>> Sharon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> via
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>> Subject: [blParent] Attaching a bell to a crawling baby
>>
>> Hello all,
>> Our baby has started to crawl around the house, and in order not to trip
>> over him, we'd like to attach a bell to him.
>> Where is the best place to attach the bell, and how can we attach it?
>> Safety pins come to mind, but I wanted to check if there are any better
>> suggestions.
>> And also, are there any other solutions to this problem? Like maybe 
>> there is
>> a smart electronic device that only beeps when blind parents are
>> approaching...
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Tony
>>
>>
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