[blParent] Intro and a couple questions

[Katelyn MacIntyre]

Hello Sy,
I am by no means an expert, but I hope these ideas might be helpful.
First of all, if you’re at all able, I highly recommend going to a baby store like BuyBuy Baby in your area to get your hands on all kinds of different products. I found this very helpful to test out strollers and other products.
As far as a stroller, my sighted husband is 6‘8“, and while he doesn’t pull the stroller behind him, he finds the handle of our Baby Jogger City Mini GT2 stroller very comfortable. We tested out several and it seemed to be one of the tallest. You can adjust the handle to make it higher or lower depending on what is comfortable for different types of pushing or pulling. It’s not the easiest thing to pull behind you, but it’s definitely doable. There are some car seats that clip directly into it, or we bought adapters to fit with our infant car seat. It also has a one hand fold which is very nice and convenient, and the wheels have great suspension for rougher terrain.
For a baby monitor, if you’re looking for a video baby monitor, we really like our Eufy video baby monitor. I don’t remember the exact model, but they’re a slightly newer brand, but it’s been working wonderfully. There are tactile buttons to do the main things like turning it off and on, adjusting  volume, adjusting camera angle, and talking back to your baby. It also has a rather long range for a non-Wi-Fi monitor. I’ve also heard great things about the Google nest if you want to go that approach.
You may have already received these by now, but as for resources I highly recommend the podcast episodes about blind parenting on the Nation’s Blind Podcast.
 https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/nations-blind-podcast/blind-parents-connection-podcast

There’s also this great pamphlet about blind parenting which offers some good places to start.

https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/brochures/blindparents/parentingwithoutsight.html

I found both of these to be very helpful before my first child came last year. 
And generally the blind parents website has other resources.

https://nfb.org/our-community/blind-parents

I hope that’s helpful, and please feel free to reach out if I can be of more service!
Warmest regards,

~Katelyn MacIntyre, M.M.
www.katelynmac.com
www.facebook.com/KatelynMacMusic
@KatelynMacMusic
President, National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division

> On Apr 18, 2022, at 12:06 PM, Sy via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I want to introduce myself and ask a few questions. Forgive me, I'm sure these are questions you all have fielded before, but any help is very much appreciated. My name is Sy. My (sighted) wife and I live in New York City, and we are having a baby at the beginning of July. I'm looking for some recommendations on a few things.
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> We're looking into registry items, and I'm wondering if you have any accessible monitor recommendations  —either Wi-Fi enabled with an accessible app or a stand-alone device with tactile buttons.
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> I know people here like the Doona as a stroller, but I am unfortunately too tall of a person for it. Any recommendations of good strollers for taller (6'2'') blind people?
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> And any other tips on accessibility in registry items would be much appreciated.
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> Also, is there any good place I can go with general tips on infant care as a blind person? Even pointers to specific parts of the archive of this list would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Sy
> 
> 
> 
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