| 21:12:18 |
mommytocali |
so, how is everyone tonight?? |
| 21:12:36 |
ellie |
well a couple of days ago I got
some nursing students interested in baby sign language |
| 21:12:45 |
mommytocali |
how fun :) |
| 21:12:51 |
WeeHands |
that's fantastic! how did you do
it! |
| 21:13:14 |
ellie |
we were volunteered to have emily
just play in front of a class of nursing students |
| 21:13:21 |
ellie |
and they observed her |
| 21:13:33 |
ellie |
they noticed her signing and they
asked a lot of questions |
| 21:13:40 |
mommytocali |
thats so neat |
| 21:13:41 |
ellie |
and they said a collective aweee |
| 21:14:03 |
WeeHands |
that's wonderful! |
| 21:14:17 |
ellie |
i loved promoting baby sign
language |
| 21:14:38 |
mommytocali |
me too! people are always amazed
when cali signs thank you to them |
| 21:14:50 |
mommytocali |
of coarse i always have to tell
them thats what she did |
| 21:14:51 |
mommytocali |
haha |
| 21:15:11 |
ellie |
people always thought that emily
was just blowing kisses |
| 21:15:24 |
mommytocali |
hehe |
| 21:15:40 |
mommytocali |
well it's better now that she is
verbaling trying to say thank you at the same time |
| 21:15:44 |
WeeHands |
i'll have to hire you for
weehands in london! |
| 21:16:05 |
mommytocali |
there you go ellie ;) |
| 21:16:05 |
ellie |
:) |
| 21:16:27 |
ellie |
i'll be back my 4 year old wants
milk |
| 21:16:35 |
GracieMom |
Hi, is anyone out there this
evening? |
| 21:16:42 |
mommytocali |
hi graciemom |
| 21:16:47 |
mommytocali |
nice to have you |
| 21:16:55 |
GracieMom |
Hi ellie.. |
| 21:16:59 |
WeeHands |
hi graciemom! |
| 21:17:10 |
ellie |
hi graciemom |
| 21:17:20 |
WeeHands |
ok, where is every from and how
old are your babies? |
| 21:17:22 |
GracieMom |
Nice to have you here in the
meeting place. |
| 21:17:38 |
mommytocali |
we live in PA, and Cali is almost
17 months now |
| 21:17:57 |
ellie |
london, ontario emily is now 22
months old wow |
| 21:17:58 |
GracieMom |
I did try and reach someone in
the Lounge but had no luck.. |
| 21:18:54 |
ellie |
how old is gracie |
| 21:18:56 |
WeeHands |
i'm just east of toronto and have
a 4 year old and a 23 month old - she'll be 2 in 20 days!
:crying |
| 21:19:06 |
GracieMom |
I live in Riverview Florida and I
have two children, one girl whose just about to turn 3 and one
son who is 18 months.. My daughter is Gracie and my son is Liam. |
| 21:19:34 |
ellie |
your babies are growing up sa |
| 21:19:38 |
WeeHands |
we've got the eastern side of
north america covered! |
| 21:19:45 |
ellie |
your babies are growing up sara |
| 21:20:04 |
WeeHands |
her language abilities are
freaking us out daily! 4-6 word sentences! |
| 21:20:08 |
GracieMom |
Yes they do grow up quick. |
| 21:20:28 |
WeeHands |
much more than her brother had at
the same age |
| 21:20:41 |
ellie |
i found the same thing |
| 21:20:43 |
mommytocali |
my daughter just started putting
3 and 4 words together the toher day...blew me away |
| 21:20:57 |
ellie |
the miracle of sign |
| 21:20:58 |
mommytocali |
she came out with.....Ashes,
ashes, alll dowwwnnnnnnn |
| 21:21:10 |
mommytocali |
my jaw hit the floor |
| 21:21:10 |
WeeHands |
it truly is a miracle |
| 21:21:11 |
mommytocali |
haha |
| 21:21:15 |
ellie |
cute |
| 21:21:19 |
WeeHands |
oh, i love when they sing! |
| 21:21:39 |
WeeHands |
how about tinkle tinkle ittle
tar"!" |
| 21:21:46 |
mommytocali |
before that it was only 2 words,
like get down |
| 21:22:03 |
mommytocali |
she's still working on everything
else |
| 21:22:04 |
ellie |
that's emily's favourite |
| 21:22:37 |
GracieMom |
My goodness, my son is a head of
my daughter. My daughter has Autistic Specture Distorder and
that has stopped her communication all together. My son is doing
well and is ready to talk. He has several words, but he points
at everything... |
| 21:22:38 |
WeeHands |
yesterday, she was playing and
she wanted me to say" bear with my arms." |
| 21:23:29 |
WeeHands |
Gracie is 3 and you're in Florida
- anywhere FSU? |
| 21:23:39 |
WeeHands |
sorry. . . near FSU? |
| 21:23:58 |
GracieMom |
About 6 hours away. But I'm a
Gator Fan... |
| 21:24:19 |
ellie |
when my daughter wants me to show
her a sign for a word she takes my hands and moves my hands
around to tell me to show her |
| 21:24:31 |
mommytocali |
how neat |
| 21:25:27 |
WeeHands |
GracieMom have you seen the
website
http://firstwords.fsu.edu/ |
| 21:25:40 |
ellie |
sometimes she will put her hands
out and want me to form her hands into the signs |
| 21:25:53 |
WeeHands |
guys, my son is crying for me
i'll be back in 10 minutes |
| 21:26:27 |
WeeHands |
wait, my dh is handling it. we're
okay |
| 21:26:50 |
GracieMom |
My son is very physical. He's way
ahead of the game. He can already do flips, he can walk a
balancing beam, climb up and down a slide. He scares me
sometimes because he climbs everything.. |
| 21:27:10 |
ellie |
okay i have a stupid question
...what is dh i see it all the time |
| 21:27:42 |
mommytocali |
dear husband |
| 21:27:48 |
WeeHands |
dh = dear husband! |
| 21:27:53 |
WeeHands |
ds = dear son |
| 21:28:00 |
WeeHands |
dd = dear daughter |
| 21:28:11 |
ellie |
ohhh i was on the right track |
| 21:28:23 |
ellie |
thanks |
| 21:28:39 |
WeeHands |
dh bribed him with 20 minutes
with his playstation game tomorrow - he immediately stopped
crying for me! i've been replaced! |
| 21:28:59 |
mommytocali |
haha |
| 21:30:33 |
WeeHands |
GracieMom - pointing at
everything is great - that's joint attention" - a very important
skill!" |
| 21:32:28 |
ellie |
where did you say you were from
mommytocali |
| 21:33:14 |
WeeHands |
she's in pennsylvania. i've never
had to spell that before! |
| 21:33:35 |
ellie |
hehe |
| 21:34:58 |
mommytocali |
i live in ps |
| 21:35:05 |
mommytocali |
pa~oops |
| 21:35:24 |
WeeHands |
heard lots about PA on tuesday
nite! |
| 21:35:39 |
mommytocali |
haha |
| 21:35:47 |
mommytocali |
not sure i want to know WHAT you
heard, lol |
| 21:39:09 |
ellie |
oh gotta do the mommy thing again
and get ds to bed be right back |
| 21:39:28 |
ellie |
hope i used ds right |
| 21:39:58 |
WeeHands |
now we're all here! this site is
great! |
| 21:40:10 |
WeeHands |
hi rhonda! |
| 21:40:14 |
rhondaj |
hello! |
| 21:40:23 |
mommytocali |
hi rhonda :) |
| 21:40:32 |
rhondaj |
and hello1 |
| 21:40:37 |
WeeHands |
it works! it works! |
| 21:40:51 |
rhondaj |
of course it works! just don't
break it... |
| 21:41:06 |
WeeHands |
:< |
| 21:41:33 |
ellie |
hi rhonda |
| 21:41:33 |
rhondaj |
:D |
| 21:41:37 |
rhondaj |
hello |
| 21:41:40 |
WeeHands |
rhonda knows my history with
technology - it's not good! if tina knew it she'd never have let
me near her website! |
| 21:41:49 |
mommytocali |
lol |
| 21:41:52 |
rhondaj |
beware of sara when stressed... |
| 21:41:58 |
rhondaj |
she blows up technology |
| 21:42:07 |
WeeHands |
we've just been chatting about
where we are and our babies ages! |
| 21:42:13 |
rhondaj |
ah |
| 21:42:15 |
WeeHands |
(trying to change subject) |
| 21:43:05 |
WeeHands |
i had a two babies today sign for
the first time in classes today! it was great! one mom wasn't
even looking at her baby - she freaked out! |
| 21:43:59 |
rhondaj |
i;ve noticed that most moms don't
notice when the baby starts signing |
| 21:44:02 |
ellie |
that's so exciting when that
happens |
| 21:44:06 |
rhondaj |
and then they don't believe it |
| 21:44:11 |
WeeHands |
hee hee! |
| 21:44:24 |
rhondaj |
it is very cute |
| 21:44:34 |
rhondaj |
there is a 14 mon old in one
class |
| 21:44:35 |
WeeHands |
i wondered if joshua or sabrina
signed before i saw it - hmmm! |
| 21:44:39 |
rhondaj |
he is signing lots and lots |
| 21:44:40 |
mommytocali |
the first couple times are the
cutest |
| 21:44:53 |
WeeHands |
more reason for continual
videotaping of our children! |
| 21:45:00 |
rhondaj |
yes - if you remember |
| 21:45:26 |
WeeHands |
i'll just have to set up cameras
all over the house that are always on - hey, a new reality tv
show! |
| 21:45:45 |
mommytocali |
that would make it much easier
lol |
| 21:45:48 |
WeeHands |
might be a little boring and when
I'm stressed the show would most likely black out! |
| 21:46:00 |
rhondaj |
no that is when people would want
to watch it |
| 21:47:41 |
WeeHands |
yes but my technology karma would
put a hex on the equipment during those times! |
| 21:47:43 |
ellie |
speaking of reality tv shows. we
just signed up to do a show for rogers tv in london and it will
be about toddlers and i am for sure going to highlight baby sign
language |
| 21:48:11 |
rhondaj |
that is excellent! |
| 21:48:12 |
WeeHands |
ellie, have i asked you about
teaching in london - ha ha! |
| 21:48:18 |
WeeHands |
that's wonderful news! |
| 21:48:29 |
ellie |
you know where i am haha |
| 21:49:15 |
WeeHands |
i think it'd be really interested
with the university speech pathology program there |
| 21:49:35 |
WeeHands |
or at least it'd be an interest
part of it |
| 21:49:43 |
ellie |
indeed |
| 21:50:27 |
WeeHands |
ok, what's the cutest thing your
baby's signed? |
| 21:50:54 |
ellie |
stinky diaper |
| 21:51:03 |
WeeHands |
no way! |
| 21:51:43 |
ellie |
she did it in church once and she
was sti |
| 21:51:52 |
ellie |
she did it in church once and she
was stinky |
| 21:52:14 |
ellie |
it was hard not to laugh |
| 21:52:42 |
WeeHands |
how old was she? |
| 21:52:54 |
WeeHands |
that's way too precious! |
| 21:53:07 |
ellie |
18 months i think |
| 21:53:51 |
ellie |
what about anyone else |
| 21:54:31 |
mommytocali |
i love when cali does sing |
| 21:55:01 |
mommytocali |
and change it pretty cute too |
| 21:55:09 |
mommytocali |
actually i think all of them are
so cute |
| 21:55:10 |
mommytocali |
haha |
| 21:55:46 |
WeeHands |
i love that two - sabrina
signs/sings herself to sleep sometimes. sometimes i lie with her
and i can see the outline of her hands signing itsy bitsy
spider" and "row row your boat" - it's not good when I start
giggling beside her though!" |
| 21:56:28 |
ellie |
i can almost see that precious |
| 21:58:02 |
WeeHands |
i'd love to see / get-together a
signing kids choir! |
| 21:58:20 |
rhondaj |
that would be too cute |
| 21:59:14 |
WeeHands |
the deaf services in my area has
a summer camp for kids 5-12 and I can't wait for joshua to go! |
| 21:59:31 |
WeeHands |
oh, it's a camp for Deaf and
hearing kids |
| 21:59:31 |
rhondaj |
is it through the canadian
hearing society? |
| 21:59:47 |
rhondaj |
in durham? |
| 21:59:56 |
WeeHands |
no, through durham deaf services. |
| 22:00:02 |
WeeHands |
separate than CHS here |
| 22:00:06 |
ellie |
that is so neat |
| 22:00:12 |
rhondaj |
are they a parent group? |
| 22:00:23 |
rhondaj |
or support services for deaf/hoh? |
| 22:00:37 |
WeeHands |
both |
| 22:00:48 |
rhondaj |
interesting. what do they do that
is different than chs? |
| 22:00:55 |
WeeHands |
the bob rumball centre for the
deaf in toronto runs similar summer and march break camps |
| 22:01:07 |
rhondaj |
did you know that coco left from
bob rumball? |
| 22:01:24 |
WeeHands |
the canadian hearing society
office in durham is not huge - the main office in this area is
in peterborough |
| 22:01:33 |
rhondaj |
oh - interesting. |
| 22:01:36 |
WeeHands |
she's doing something in south
america i think!? |
| 22:01:42 |
rhondaj |
yes that's what i heard! |
| 22:02:01 |
rhondaj |
i got a copy of coronation street
straight from the UK |
| 22:02:10 |
rhondaj |
it is captioned with a BSL
interpreter |
| 22:02:17 |
rhondaj |
very interesting - quite
different than ASL |
| 22:02:23 |
WeeHands |
a mom was talking about that in a
class today - coronation street! |
| 22:02:30 |
rhondaj |
of course! |
| 22:02:38 |
rhondaj |
doesn't everyone ;-) |
| 22:02:43 |
WeeHands |
oh, not the BSL interpretation
though |
| 22:02:51 |
WeeHands |
what it's like watching it? |
| 22:02:59 |
rhondaj |
only in the UK..it was weird |
| 22:03:03 |
WeeHands |
hi annie! |
| 22:03:15 |
rhondaj |
i was trying to figure out what
he was signing... |
| 22:03:18 |
annie |
hi, is this still the baby
signing chat or did I miss it entirely? |
| 22:03:24 |
annie |
oh, good |
| 22:03:28 |
WeeHands |
BSL is completely different than
ASL. |
| 22:03:33 |
ellie |
still here |
| 22:03:34 |
rhondaj |
completely |
| 22:03:37 |
WeeHands |
no, we're still here! |
| 22:03:44 |
rhondaj |
apparently FSL is closer to ASL |
| 22:04:11 |
WeeHands |
ASL is based on FSL (french sign
language). QSL (quebec sign language) is based on BSL! |
| 22:04:18 |
rhondaj |
tres etrange |
| 22:04:32 |
WeeHands |
*laughter* |
| 22:04:43 |
WeeHands |
how old is your wee one Annie! |
| 22:04:52 |
WeeHands |
(just freaked my dh out with the
laugh!) |
| 22:04:55 |
annie |
he just turned 1 on the 15th |
| 22:05:08 |
annie |
our first |
| 22:05:11 |
WeeHands |
happy birthday! |
| 22:05:18 |
annie |
;o) |
| 22:05:20 |
WeeHands |
what area of the world are you
in! |
| 22:05:26 |
annie |
Saint Paul, MN |
| 22:05:29 |
ellie |
well i'll see you all next week
my favourite show is on (ER) take care and keep signing |
| 22:05:29 |
annie |
midwest US |
| 22:05:43 |
WeeHands |
take care ellie! |
| 22:05:44 |
rhondaj |
so is it snowing in MN |
| 22:05:46 |
annie |
bye ellie |
| 22:05:47 |
rhondaj |
? |
| 22:05:55 |
annie |
not yet |
| 22:05:57 |
WeeHands |
question? |
| 22:06:04 |
annie |
sunny today |
| 22:06:37 |
annie |
everyone in here do sign with
their little ones? |
| 22:06:40 |
WeeHands |
I need to go ladies, but it's
been great! dh just finished mopping the floor and he needs the
computer - gotta love 'im! |
| 22:07:06 |
rhondaj |
i'm going too -- nice to chat
with you all! |
| 22:07:35 |
annie |
oh well.... |
| 22:07:47 |
WeeHands |
join us next week Annie! we all
do sign with our little ones! |
