[nfbwatlk] Does anyone know where I can find these?

[Mary Baker]

Oh, how funny!  If I could do it and get away with it that would be great!  
C.P.S. wants accurate weights of the baby without a diaper or clothes 
though, so I'm at a loss.  She's an underweight child, or at least she was 
before I got her back on the upward curve.  Do you know about talking baby 
scales?

Sincerely
Mary


From: "Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)" <Bennett.Prows at HHS.GOV>
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Does anyone know where I can find these?
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 17:33:18 -0400

To weigh a baby, why not just weigh yourself, then pick up the baby and
get back on the scale.  Works until you can't carry the baby any more.
Maybe not quite as accurate as weighing the baby alone, but works for
me.  I used to weigh my dog that way too, for those folks wondering how
to weigh their guide dogs.  (grin.)


Bennett Prows, J.D.

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Mary Ellen Gabias
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 2:29 PM
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Mary,
The American Action Fund and the Library for the Blind are good sources
of books on loan. National Braille Press sells print/Braille books at
the same cost as the print edition. Seedlings is also a good source of
inexpensive Braille books, though many of them do not have the print.
You can also check with www.braillebookstorg.org for other titles.
I never owned a talking scale. I knew my babies were growing normally
based on the number of wet and dirty diapers. If your baby is wet six
times a day and has one or two bowel movements a day, it's a pretty good
bet that he or she is gaining weight appropriately. If you need to
check, you can always go to your doctor or the public health nurse to
check. I've never heard of a baby with the proper number of wet and
dirty diapers who is not gaining appropriately.
I've also been very low tech with thermometers. We spent over two
hundred dollars for one when our oldest child was born and discovered it
didn't work well. Then a very practical nurse taught me how to gauge
temperature by touching my baby's head and neck. It's certainly not
accurate, and you'll need to get somebody with a thermometer if you're
talking to some one on the phone, but I could always tell whether the
fever was slight or severe. I'm not recommending against a thermometer,
just suggesting that your own ability to tell something's wrong will
give you the information you need to start investigating further.
There's no crime in buying a standard thermometer and getting somebody
to read it for you. Doctors will tell you most thermometers in the home
are notoriously inaccurate, just used as a general guideline.

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Noel Nightingale
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 1:11 PM
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That reminds me of the American Action Fund for Blind Children and
Adults, which sends a book each month to folks on its list.  Call
410-659-9314.

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Alco
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:28 PM
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Call WTBBL at:  (800-542-0866.  Also check with the National Center for
the
Blind:  (410) 659-9314.

Alco
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Baker" <lakotagirl1424 at hotmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>; <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:45 PM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] Does anyone know where I can find these?


 > Hello, everyone.  I was wondering if anyone knew a good webcite to
 > find cheaper twin vision books to read to the baby?  I'm looking for
 > the ones that have tactual pictures as well as print beneath the
 > braille.  Also, I'd settle for books with braille and print pages, if
 > they also have pictures. Can anyone tell me where to find those?
 >
 > Does anyone know where I can find grants for assistive technology as
 > well? I'm needing it for college and my resources are limmitted.  I'm
 > looking for talking scales to weigh baby, and does anyone have a good
 > suggestion for what kind of thermometers work best on infants and
 > toddlers as well?  I'm really at a loss, since mine isn't working
 > well.
 >
 > Beware the telephones on ILA, those new ones with the cord for $60.00
 > because they're temperamental.  Mine turns on all the time and so I
 > miss calls.  I don't even have to be in the same room for it to do so.

 > Just thought to put out the info.
 >
 > Sincerely
 > Mary
 >
 >
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