| 20:05:26 |
WeeHands |
where is everyone from and how old are your wee babies? |
| 20:05:40 |
Altwig |
Markham...6 months |
| 20:05:58 |
steffanie3 |
Idaho and boy almost 16 months |
| 20:06:04 |
Melanie |
Neo...4 months... Connecticut |
| 20:06:24 |
Altwig |
I should say boy Ontario Canada |
| 20:06:24 |
WeeHands |
hi twiggy! |
| 20:06:40 |
Altwig |
U r good |
| 20:06:49 |
WeeHands |
:) |
| 20:07:09 |
Altwig |
? |
| 20:07:21 |
WeeHands |
i'm sara mom to joshua age 4 and sabrina 23 months - i'm just
east of toronto in a little village called brooklin |
| 20:08:02 |
WeeHands |
usually this chatting hour is very casual, let me know if you
have any questions about signing with your wee one |
| 20:08:17 |
WeeHands |
. . .or if you have any cool signing resources that you'd like
to share! |
| 20:08:20 |
Altwig |
my husband was asking where should his thumb be for the letter e |
| 20:08:53 |
WeeHands |
hubbies ask all the technical questions :D |
| 20:09:33 |
Altwig |
absolutely...tonight we were practicing together and looking for
a sign for our boy's name |
| 20:09:37 |
WeeHands |
your thumb for the letter D should be just below your fingertips
- you're hand may feel a little scrunch up |
| 20:09:48 |
WeeHands |
what's your son's name again? |
| 20:09:52 |
Altwig |
mateo |
| 20:10:07 |
ellie |
hi everyone |
| 20:10:10 |
WeeHands |
you could do an M to your heart |
| 20:10:13 |
WeeHands |
hi ellie! |
| 20:10:17 |
steffanie3 |
hi |
| 20:10:26 |
ellie |
hey sara right? |
| 20:10:36 |
WeeHands |
yep, it's sara! welcome! |
| 20:10:37 |
Altwig |
hi ellie |
| 20:10:44 |
ellie |
hi |
| 20:11:06 |
ellie |
how is everyone tonight |
| 20:11:10 |
steffanie3 |
do you mean instead of spelling thier name do the first letter
by your heart? |
| 20:11:23 |
WeeHands |
for Mateo's name you could also make the sign happy" with an M
shape but keep the same body space and movement" |
| 20:11:44 |
Altwig |
hubby has trouble bending the last finger |
| 20:12:03 |
WeeHands |
let me back up - a name sign is traditionally given to you by
someone in the Deaf community, it's a cultural thing. |
| 20:12:16 |
steffanie3 |
oh, I see |
| 20:12:23 |
WeeHands |
many of the parents in WeeHands classes though do want to make
up sign names for their babies. |
| 20:12:38 |
Altwig |
quick ? |
| 20:12:51 |
Altwig |
the letter e...where shoudl the thumb be? |
| 20:13:06 |
WeeHands |
the best option then is to take the first letter of their name
and to hold it or tap it to your heart - where all your love is! |
| 20:13:37 |
WeeHands |
let me find you a website with the picture of an e", twiggy" |
| 20:14:02 |
WeeHands |
try
http://www.signwithsam.com/ |
| 20:14:12 |
WeeHands |
in the games area |
| 20:14:12 |
steffanie3 |
I really like the site
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm it has
really helped us |
| 20:14:42 |
WeeHands |
that's also a really really good one with actual photographs |
| 20:15:13 |
WeeHands |
the signwithsam site is a fun cartoon site that is
underdevelopment - all it has mainly now is the alpabet |
| 20:15:16 |
WeeHands |
alphabet |
| 20:15:37 |
steffanie3 |
oh I just looked at it, it looks fun when they are older |
| 20:15:53 |
WeeHands |
so twiggy your thumb for the letter e" should be just below your
finger tips" |
| 20:16:33 |
WeeHands |
lots more will be added to the signwithsam site in a few months.
the owner, Lisa, has sent me some games that she's working on
when her little one is asleep. they look great! |
| 20:16:46 |
WeeHands |
does that make sense twiggy? |
| 20:17:27 |
geokelkate |
Hello |
| 20:17:32 |
WeeHands |
hi there! |
| 20:17:32 |
steffanie3 |
hi |
| 20:17:57 |
WeeHands |
i'm sara from www.weehands.com
and i will be your cruise director for the rest of the hour! |
| 20:18:00 |
Altwig |
yes...we were just checking both sites |
| 20:18:01 |
WeeHands |
:) |
| 20:18:14 |
Altwig |
hi |
| 20:18:15 |
Melanie |
? |
| 20:18:15 |
WeeHands |
i love enthusiastic parents! |
| 20:18:41 |
WeeHands |
go ahead melanie! |
| 20:18:55 |
Melanie |
Is four months too young to begin signing with my son? |
| 20:20:40 |
WeeHands |
no not at all. i've had one mom email me that her wee one
signed back at 5.5 months - diaper change. my kids would never
do that regardless of the age! |
| 20:20:58 |
WeeHands |
just keep in mind that you may not see results until 9-11
months. |
| 20:21:38 |
Melanie |
but it has happened? a child signing at 5.5 months? incredible. |
| 20:21:58 |
ellie |
my sister in law started signing with her daughter at 3 months
and is just seeing results now and she is 12 months old |
| 20:22:25 |
WeeHands |
in general anywhere between 4 and 9 months is a good age. on
average babies have the memory to recall what you sign to them
at about 7 months but that's an average. |
| 20:22:53 |
steffanie3 |
I thought a mom had a good point once when they said they
wouldn't not talk to a baby just because they wouldn't talk back
yet |
| 20:23:07 |
WeeHands |
i starting signing with both my kids at 6 months of age (them,
not me) Joshua signed back at 9 months and Sabrina, the younger
one, signed back at 11 months |
| 20:23:08 |
ellie |
that makes sense |
| 20:23:10 |
Altwig |
my son finds the sign for milk funny...it'll be fun when he'll
understand it better |
| 20:23:27 |
WeeHands |
exactly steffanie3 |
| 20:23:34 |
Melanie |
thanks. |
| 20:23:38 |
WeeHands |
that cute! |
| 20:24:34 |
WeeHands |
babies born to Deaf parents can understand about 70 words while
babies who are born to hearing parents and not signed to
understand only about 5-7 words at the same age - 9 months |
| 20:24:52 |
steffanie3 |
wow |
| 20:24:55 |
ellie |
that is incredible |
| 20:24:55 |
Melanie |
wow |
| 20:24:55 |
WeeHands |
so even though you may not see them sign - they are learning and
understanding |
| 20:25:16 |
Altwig |
I have to go...thank you for the information |
| 20:25:23 |
Altwig |
Bye everybody |
| 20:25:27 |
WeeHands |
have a great nite! |
| 20:25:27 |
steffanie3 |
bye |
| 20:25:27 |
TraceyAasen |
bye |
| 20:25:32 |
ellie |
bye |
| 20:25:55 |
steffanie3 |
? |
| 20:26:11 |
WeeHands |
that information has been around for years but i think because
it deals with receptive abilities not many people pay much
attention to it |
| 20:26:15 |
WeeHands |
go ahead |
| 20:26:39 |
steffanie3 |
I am curious what signs you all use most? |
| 20:26:55 |
steffanie3 |
I am think ours are milk, bugs, and fish right now |
| 20:27:14 |
TraceyAasen |
Eat, More Hungry & thirsty |
| 20:27:18 |
steffanie3 |
We just look up signs as he is interested in things |
| 20:27:31 |
ellie |
we use hurt, scared, happy, laugh and her favourite is cookie!! |
| 20:27:38 |
steffanie3 |
lol |
| 20:27:47 |
ellie |
oh yeah and stinky diaper |
| 20:27:52 |
WeeHands |
depends on the baby - my daughter it's mainly food and signs
related to the sea (big Nemo fan) |
| 20:28:15 |
WeeHands |
my son as a toddler loved car, train, vaccuum, and fish"" |
| 20:28:31 |
steffanie3 |
yeah we love ice cream too |
| 20:28:52 |
WeeHands |
chocolate" "cookie" "icecream" - all signed together!" |
| 20:29:09 |
WeeHands |
= chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream! |
| 20:29:30 |
steffanie3 |
wow |
| 20:30:02 |
steffanie3 |
that is really great, you definitally know what they want |
| 20:30:10 |
WeeHands |
i recommend a combination of words that are REALLY motivating
for your baby, e.g., milk, ball, book, and that occur frequently
throughout the day, e.g., diaper change. |
| 20:30:30 |
WeeHands |
the chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream is for me! |
| 20:30:43 |
TraceyAasen |
That would motivate me LOL |
| 20:30:44 |
WeeHands |
*laughter* |
| 20:30:47 |
steffanie3 |
lol |
| 20:31:22 |
WeeHands |
that's it - no one will ever teach me the signs for liver"
"mushrooms" or "olives" - I don't like them!" |
| 20:31:39 |
TraceyAasen |
Yuck |
| 20:32:07 |
WeeHands |
i'd sign no" really quickly if offered any of them :)" |
| 20:32:32 |
steffanie3 |
what do you use as the sign for please? |
| 20:32:42 |
steffanie3 |
the one I found was like to please someone |
| 20:32:43 |
TraceyAasen |
How old are you guys children?? |
| 20:32:58 |
steffanie3 |
we have just introduced plead/begging |
| 20:33:11 |
ellie |
20 month old girl and 4 year old boy |
| 20:33:11 |
steffanie3 |
almost 16 months |
| 20:33:17 |
WeeHands |
4 years little boy and 23 months old little girl |
| 20:33:26 |
steffanie3 |
boy |
| 20:33:29 |
ellie |
oh yeah same as sara |
| 20:33:35 |
WeeHands |
what do you mean plead/begging"?" |
| 20:33:51 |
WeeHands |
oh ellie that's weird! |
| 20:33:57 |
steffanie3 |
from the
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
site |
| 20:34:16 |
ellie |
wonder if they act the same as mine. Brendan is the angel and
Emilly knows what she wants |
| 20:34:31 |
WeeHands |
you're signing plead/begging" - in what context?" |
| 20:34:53 |
steffanie3 |
for please may I have such and such |
| 20:34:57 |
WeeHands |
oh my goodness - exactly the same! |
| 20:35:18 |
ellie |
must be a second born thing |
| 20:35:28 |
WeeHands |
joshua is a mamas boy and sabrina is little miss independent -
her first sign was no"!" |
| 20:35:41 |
WeeHands |
they both crack me up though! |
| 20:35:42 |
ellie |
that is so funny!!! |
| 20:35:52 |
ellie |
what months were they born |
| 20:36:03 |
WeeHands |
okay ? - how did you first learn about signing with your baby? |
| 20:36:12 |
WeeHands |
august 2000 and november 2002 |
| 20:36:36 |
ellie |
march 2000 and jan 2003 pretty close |
| 20:37:38 |
ellie |
I'm the one that took the signing class with Shannon' |
| 20:38:18 |
TraceyAasen |
I didn't per say learn of it I was passionate with about
language and just began teaching it to my children |
| 20:38:42 |
WeeHands |
were you passionate about language or sign language? |
| 20:38:52 |
TraceyAasen |
oops suppose to say passionate about sign language |
| 20:39:24 |
TraceyAasen |
Always have been since I learned it in 5th grade |
| 20:39:30 |
WeeHands |
that's okay - language in general is very cool! |
| 20:39:37 |
TraceyAasen |
I agree |
| 20:39:50 |
WeeHands |
how is shannon doing, ellie? |
| 20:40:14 |
ellie |
don't know ihad an e-mail from her a couple of weeks ago and she
seems to be doing well |
| 20:40:41 |
ellie |
I miss my class. I took it last year |
| 20:41:13 |
WeeHands |
did you sign with your 4 year old? |
| 20:41:47 |
ellie |
yes after I started with Emily. He caught on pretty quick but he
is really verbal and only does it to Emily sometimes |
| 20:42:02 |
WeeHands |
big brothers are too cute! |
| 20:42:13 |
ellie |
You should see how they hold hands |
| 20:42:27 |
WeeHands |
we are now signing the words and letters Joshua is learning at
JK - incredible! |
| 20:42:38 |
ellie |
that's a good idea |
| 20:42:44 |
WeeHands |
take lots of pictures of them holding hands - makes my heart
melt! |
| 20:43:07 |
ellie |
oh yeah. I'm trying not to miss a thing |
| 20:43:25 |
ellie |
We got some bad news about emily's hearing this week |
| 20:43:37 |
WeeHands |
i starting signing with joshua because the nursery rhymes i knew
were in sign! |
| 20:43:49 |
WeeHands |
what was the news, ellie? |
| 20:44:29 |
ellie |
The specialist said that he didn't think emily's hearing has not
improved because of the persistent fluid in her ear |
| 20:44:45 |
WeeHands |
one ear or two |
| 20:44:53 |
ellie |
Both |
| 20:45:08 |
ellie |
He said there would be no way that her hearing test would be
normal now |
| 20:45:23 |
ellie |
She had had 5 hearing tests and only passed the last one |
| 20:45:40 |
ellie |
but guess it is back to what it was before |
| 20:45:44 |
ellie |
frustrating |
| 20:45:52 |
WeeHands |
does she have tubes? |
| 20:46:19 |
ellie |
no but we go back in 3 months and he will decide but he told me
to watch her verbal skills |
| 20:46:45 |
ellie |
signing is a godsend |
| 20:46:47 |
WeeHands |
i was recently talking to someone who was seeing a naturopath
regarding persistent fluid for a wee one as well |
| 20:47:00 |
ellie |
what did she say |
| 20:47:28 |
WeeHands |
yes, it is! let me do some searching regarding this. |
| 20:47:45 |
WeeHands |
have you talked with a speech pathologist ellie? |
| 20:47:52 |
ellie |
not yet |
| 20:48:25 |
WeeHands |
what city are you in? |
| 20:48:29 |
ellie |
london |
| 20:49:15 |
WeeHands |
here's the information regarding fluid that I have in another
email have heard that fluid build up in the ears can be caused
by allergies. Actually, I heard the the main cause was
allergies. It might be worth a visit to a naturopath."" |
| 20:49:44 |
WeeHands |
. . .information from another mom, not from a medical person -
keep in mind. |
| 20:50:41 |
WeeHands |
. . .the message thread also mentions going to a chiropractor
for the same reason. . . |
| 20:51:02 |
WeeHands |
. . .and now back to signing with your baby. . . :D |
| 20:51:33 |
ellie |
sorry i'm on the phone right now |
| 20:52:12 |
WeeHands |
that's okay! now that we are moms we are really good at
multi-tasking! |
| 20:52:20 |
ellie |
haha |
| 20:53:09 |
WeeHands |
i use sign quite a bit when i'm on the phone and joshua is
talking to me. i can talk on the phone and also answer his
questions in sign at the same time! |
| 20:53:35 |
TraceyAasen |
so many uses and reasons for signing |
| 20:53:42 |
WeeHands |
you are all going to have so much fun with this signing with
your baby" thing!" |
| 20:54:37 |
WeeHands |
does anyone have any stories about how their babies surprised
them using sign language? |
| 20:57:40 |
WeeHands |
one of my favourite stories - Sabrina says no verbally, but
signs and says no" when she means it AND signs it with both
hands when her brother is coming at her!" |
| 20:58:04 |
TraceyAasen |
I have got to say goodnight. It was nice chatting with you all.
Have a Good One :D |
| 20:58:35 |
WeeHands |
have a great sleep! |
| 20:58:53 |
TraceyAasen |
U too |
| 20:59:43 |
WeeHands |
now i've got the signingtime.com good night baby" song
playing in my head!" |
| 20:59:55 |
WeeHands |
www.signingtime.com
i mean |
| 21:00:32 |
ellie |
i sometimes have the silly pizza song |
| 21:01:04 |
WeeHands |
oh, i scared alot of parents with that one today (it's fast!) -
i love it though! |
| 21:01:34 |
ellie |
so do I!!! I pratice it alot as Emily loves to watch it |
| 21:01:54 |
ellie |
Do you know when vol 4,5,and 6 are coming out |
| 21:02:32 |
WeeHands |
i think they are coming out before christmas. i know they
wanted them for september but it got pushed back |
| 21:02:51 |
ellie |
where do you order yours from. I ordered mine from the states |
| 21:02:54 |
WeeHands |
there must be so much involved in producing them |
| 21:03:17 |
ellie |
wonder how old alex and leah are now |
| 21:03:25 |
WeeHands |
there's a store in calgary that's new -
www.signingstore.ca
- you can get to it through our website
www.weehands.com |
| 21:03:48 |
WeeHands |
i was wondering that today too |
| 21:03:52 |
ellie |
I looked for a canadian distributor for so long |
| 21:04:06 |
ellie |
Guess I will have to do business with you |
| 21:04:12 |
ellie |
thats a good thing |
| 21:04:28 |
WeeHands |
*applause* |
| 21:05:16 |
ellie |
I absolutely love that product |
| 21:06:18 |
WeeHands |
thank all so much for coming to mommychats - i really enjoy my
thursday evenings with you! please have a cruise through our
website www.weehands.com
and let me know if you have any questions about signing with
your baby. i hope to see you all next week! |
| 21:06:38 |
WeeHands |
keep me posted as well ellie on how you're doing |
| 21:07:44 |
ellie |
sounds good see youn next week |
| 21:07:53 |
ellie |
you know what i mean |
| 21:07:59 |
ellie |
good night |
| 21:08:23 |
WeeHands |
good night! |
