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Signing With Babies Chat #18, with Sarah Bingham of WeeHands
( www.weehands.com )
2/3/05

21:22:10 WeeHands WELCOME TO THE MOMMY CHATS SIGNING WITH BABIES CHAT! I AM YOUR HOSTESS, SARA!
21:22:41 signingminionmaker That's right. What are we talking about tonight?
21:23:16 bonellen just telling sara that now 14 month old spencer knows all of the animals in 'goodnight gorilla'
21:23:30 signingminionmaker wow, that's impressive
21:23:51 bonellen the other week i asked for help here to learn 'armadillo'
21:23:56 signingminionmaker when did you start signing with spencer-although I think you told me this before
21:23:56 bonellen he thinks it is so fun to sign!
21:24:14 signingminionmaker I remember now
21:24:28 bonellen we started around 6-7 months.. he started signing back around 9-10. and right around a year they started flowing
21:24:40 signingminionmaker fabulous
21:24:58 signingminionmaker my girls are having a signing spurt
21:25:03 bonellen remind me how old you troops are?
21:25:26 signingminionmaker like a growth spurt but different. They're going on 19 months
21:25:59 bonellen do they sign sentences"?"
21:26:25 signingminionmaker They shocked me this morning by signing good morning when I entered their room. And yes they've been using two to three word sign sentences off and on for months
21:26:36 bonellen that's great!
21:26:44 bonellen (how do you sign 'good morning'?)
21:26:46 signingminionmaker It's the most exciting thing
21:27:14 WeeHands signingminionmaker very exciting!
21:27:18 signingminionmaker I'm so not good at verbal explanations for sign please check out the lifeprint site
21:27:29 signingminionmaker Hey Sara, can you explain good morning
21:27:38 signingminionmaker My verbal explanations really do suck
21:28:28 signingminionmaker rh sign good and finish in the crook of your left arm and raise left arm so fingers point to ceiling.
21:29:00 signingminionmaker Does that make sense?
21:29:17 kimmgrav hi everyone
21:29:28 bonellen what is good?
21:30:22 signingminionmaker rh fingers at chin drop rh into left palm facing up around belly button area
21:30:34 WeeHands good - The hand moves forth from the mouth to the other hand. Something has been tasted and judged as being good; it is therefore offered to others.
21:31:05 bonellen (makes sense to us, not to the kiddos!)
21:31:15 signingminionmaker Thank you. I've got to learn all those little references
21:31:17 WeeHands morning - The hand that is moving represents the sun. The horizontal arm represents the surface of the earth. Thus, the movement of the hand shows the sun coming up over the horizon in the morning.
21:31:46 bonellen spencer chooses to sign some things and say others, no ryhme or reason
21:31:58 signingminionmaker us too
21:32:00 WeeHands these descriptions are from the website: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
21:32:03 bonellen he signs 'please', and speaks 'thank you'
21:32:22 signingminionmaker Oh, Sara don't burst my bubble, I thought they were directly from you
21:32:57 signingminionmaker what sign did you start with bonnie/
21:33:01 WeeHands :D
21:33:14 signingminionmaker I was really impressed!!!!
21:33:28 bonellen start with... hmmm. some of the first few were 'more' and 'all done'
21:34:09 bonellen easy to use those two for lots of different situations - eating, bath, diaper (ok, that's only 'all done')
21:34:14 signingminionmaker We started with more but they've actually just started using that sign in the last 2-3months
21:34:39 signingminionmaker Milk and baby was what started it for us
21:34:45 bonellen spencer signs 'more' and 'shoes' exactly the same, but he knows the difference when he speaks/signs
21:35:11 signingminionmaker my girls do daddy, and hat in the same general area
21:35:26 signingminionmaker and for some reason apple in the back of the head
21:35:50 WeeHands you have to go with things and actions that are really important to baby as well!
21:35:55 bonellen spencer signs 'pig' by sticking his finger on his eye instead of his nose!
21:36:02 WeeHands lol
21:36:04 bonellen we think it's funny in a pig's eye!""
21:36:13 kimmgrav what sign do you guys use for diaper change
21:36:36 signingminionmaker that's cute. My Jordan just simply started calling herself an apple pig one day during snack time and does it every time we eat apples
21:36:37 bonellen us - pat side of hip. spencer - pat top of thigh
21:37:14 bonellen kim - what signs are you starting with?
21:37:16 signingminionmaker I use the ASL sign for change and/or diaper
21:37:23 kimmgrav k
21:37:24 WeeHands The browser says The hands change position with each other." the hand position for change though is "A" shapes both hands"
21:37:40 kimmgrav Im using milk, more and eat
21:37:45 WeeHands bonellen r u signing dog?
21:37:45 signingminionmaker Hey, I was just going to try and explain that-mine wasn't that easy
21:37:50 kimmgrav mind u my little one is 6 months
21:37:58 signingminionmaker That's a great age to start
21:38:20 signingminionmaker I've been doing alot of reading and they can totally comprehend at that age, so keep it up
21:38:28 kimmgrav I feel a little silly, but it sounds like its all worth it
21:38:40 bonellen it is kim!
21:38:43 bonellen those are good signs.
21:38:54 signingminionmaker I have triplets and I can't plug signing enough
21:39:12 signingminionmaker Debra Messing from Will and Grace has talking it up all over tv land this past week
21:39:15 kimmgrav when do you add new signs?
21:39:33 bonellen i read about debra on some posts
21:39:46 signingminionmaker She's on the View tomorrow
21:39:53 signingminionmaker I bet she'll mention it again
21:40:02 bonellen i'll tape it!
21:40:08 signingminionmaker Me too
21:40:14 kimmgrav I've been looking for information in my community and we have nothing like this
21:40:19 bonellen kim - just keep adding signs when you see opportunity
21:40:25 signingminionmaker Kim where are you?
21:40:34 kimmgrav Sudbury, Ontario
21:40:50 signingminionmaker Oh, I'm in Guelph, Ontario
21:41:24 signingminionmaker Do you have any colleges nearby?
21:41:25 kimmgrav I work at an Ontario Early Years and we have no information abt it.
21:41:50 signingminionmaker Yeah, but I know ours is alittle backwards at times so you might have to get info elsewhere
21:42:01 kimmgrav I've checked with colleges and the hearing society might have a course but there is a fee of $200.00
21:42:07 bonellen holy cats!
21:42:17 signingminionmaker That's the cost for our college course too?
21:42:17 bonellen i'm working to get certified as an instructor
21:42:29 bonellen seems like there is a surge in popularity now
21:42:33 kimmgrav How do u go abt that
21:42:35 signingminionmaker Do any of the colleges have signing clubs
21:42:36 bonellen debra messing, 'meet the fockers'
21:42:57 signingminionmaker huh?
21:43:05 bonellen promoting baby signs
21:43:27 kimmgrav how can you get vertified?
21:43:33 kimmgrav certified
21:43:48 WeeHands most formal ASL courses are about $180 to $200
21:43:52 signingminionmaker Sara actually turned me on to a signing club at our University and its cheap and we have a deaf instructor and its awesome
21:44:34 signingminionmaker there is definitely a surge cause our College has waiting list only for their signing classses
21:45:18 kimmgrav I know at one time we had the course, but when I contacted the college it has been removed
21:45:41 signingminionmaker What about community centres or senior centres
21:45:42 bonellen ok, i'm signing off this evening to spend time with my sweetie. will catch up with you guys next week!
21:45:48 bonellen good night
21:45:49 signingminionmaker By Bonnie
21:45:57 kimmgrav good night
21:45:59 WeeHands kimmgrav have you looked into classes at Laurentian or the college in Sudbury?
21:46:00 bonellen (such good tv on thursday nights!)
21:46:15 WeeHands bonellen have a great night!
21:46:38 kimmgrav Cambrian isn't offering anything and Laurentian, never thought of it
21:46:47 kimmgrav I'll look into it
21:46:54 signingminionmaker brb baby crying
21:47:31 signingminionmaker back
21:47:37 WeeHands kimmgrav what about the canadian hearing society in sudbury?
21:47:48 kimmgrav R the French and English signs the same
21:47:58 WeeHands thank you - I forgot the name of Cambrian College - that's so bad for a former northern girl!
21:48:09 WeeHands kimmgrav ?
21:48:24 kimmgrav Actually I called, and they 're still waiting for an instructor
21:48:38 kimmgrav not sure when they will be offering something
21:48:49 WeeHands that's too bad - I thought Cambrian at one time had an ASL interpreter program
21:49:08 kimmgrav they did, but not sure what happened
21:50:12 WeeHands how old is your little one again kimmgrav?
21:50:20 kimmgrav So how can you get certified? Is it by taking one of these courses at a college or university?
21:50:25 kimmgrav 6 months
21:50:42 kimmgrav sorry, my name is Kim
21:50:44 signingminionmaker Well until you find a course there is a great online course with lifeprint.
21:51:24 WeeHands no problem kim, it's just really easy to just click on your sign in name to get it in the window - easier than typing!
21:51:49 kimmgrav k
21:52:19 WeeHands WeeHands has gone from one instructor (me) to 7 instructors in the last year! who knows who'll come on board in 2005!
21:52:35 kimmgrav any one cerified in the North
21:53:00 WeeHands nope!
21:53:12 WeeHands it looks like laurentian doesn't have any ASL courses :-(
21:53:26 signingminionmaker No I was looking that up too
21:54:46 WeeHands i'm trying to find ASL courses at the CHS office in Sudbury...
21:55:10 signingminionmaker Kim why did you decide to sign with your wee one?
21:55:23 kimmgrav thanks for looking, I I would look but my computer can only run one program at a time or it freezes
21:57:06 WeeHands gotta love computers!
21:57:21 WeeHands Hi Patricia!
21:57:32 patricianorth Hi, anybody else here?
21:57:35 kimmgrav Actually, I've been working with families and of children under the age of six and I always heard parents say I wish I knew what my little one wanted" I just thought what abt sign language and I looked up in the computer and sure enough there r programs"
21:57:36 signingminionmaker me
21:57:48 kimmgrav kim, here
21:58:19 patricianorth How is everyone?
21:58:30 signingminionmaker UGH
21:58:32 kimmgrav great and yourself
21:58:42 signingminionmaker That was a happy grunt
21:58:44 WeeHands kimmgrav that's an awesome reason to want to teach! and to sign with your own baby!
21:58:56 patricianorth Just dandy!
21:59:15 WeeHands patricianorth where r u from and tell us about your wee babe!
22:00:51 patricianorth I am originally from Toronto, but have lived in Montreal for years. I have a 2 year old princess who I have signed with since she was 8 months old. I currently teach sign to babies and their mommies and daddies!
22:01:03 kimmgrav Awesome
22:01:12 signingminionmaker That's great!!
22:01:16 kimmgrav how did u get started
22:01:24 WeeHands kimmgrav can't find a thing about ASL classes in Sudbury - grrrr!
22:01:29 WeeHands I love montreal!
22:01:59 patricianorth I love montreal too :D
22:02:06 kimmgrav Well Joseph Garcia is teaching me right now, he'll just have to due
22:02:14 WeeHands :)
22:03:01 patricianorth Where is everyone else from?
22:03:02 kimmgrav Weehands is your cerificatin a long process
22:03:18 signingminionmaker I'm from Guelph and have triplets
22:03:19 kimmgrav Sudbury, Ontario
22:03:23 WeeHands signingminionmaker ?
22:03:27 signingminionmaker yes?
22:03:27 WeeHands :)
22:03:36 kimmgrav I have a 6 month old
22:03:46 signingminionmaker Yes it is a long process-if you're like me and take forever
22:03:47 patricianorth Triplets, WOW! How old are they? Girls, boys, both?
22:03:51 WeeHands it depends on what you're background is.
22:04:33 WeeHands signingminionmaker - you don't take forever - you've got triple the amount of wee ones slowing you down!
22:04:53 signingminionmaker Poor excuse, I'm just overorganized
22:05:06 signingminionmaker That's what I keep telling myself anyways
22:05:06 patricianorth signingminionmaker, I was born in Cambridge! In fact, I was thinking of doing a workshop there the next time I visit my sister!
22:05:29 signingminionmaker Well, I'm setting up stuff in Guelph, maybe we can chit chat
22:05:30 WeeHands WeeHands instructors are all parents who have signed with their babies; have or are in the process of getting formal training in ASL and have experience in teaching/adult education
22:05:57 WeeHands Hi Pynki!
22:06:03 signingminionmaker Patricia are you a Sign2Me presenter?
22:06:22 patricianorth Yes indeed!
22:06:34 WeeHands Yeah! Patricia!
22:06:38 signingminionmaker I'm waiting for one piece of paper so I can arrange a phone interview
22:06:59 kerigillis i always forget to come to this room
22:07:00 WeeHands hi kerigillis!
22:07:11 WeeHands have you been waiting in the lounge?
22:07:16 patricianorth Oh wow--great! Have you studied sign before?
22:07:16 WeeHands we've missed you!
22:07:16 signingminionmaker Did you hit the adult talk?
22:07:25 kerigillis i'm sitting there going i said hi, where is everyone!
22:07:34 WeeHands no - that is a new room b/c of last thursday!
22:07:44 kerigillis i don't think i'm allowed in adult talk without supervision
22:08:03 kerigillis did ya'll get to rowdy?
22:08:05 WeeHands my husband would roll on the floor laughing if he saw me near it!
22:08:13 signingminionmaker I took ASL at our college a billion years ago but instead found myself teaching fitness for eight years and thus have great adult education skills. I have been signing to my babes 3 for awhile.
22:08:18 WeeHands oh, we were gettin' crazy!
22:08:35 patricianorth How old are the kiddos again?
22:08:40 WeeHands i still can't believe you have triplets and identical ones!
22:08:45 signingminionmaker I was a total prude last week and totally freaked out about the adult chat
22:09:03 signingminionmaker My girls are going on 19 months which means corrected they are 16
22:09:05 patricianorth They are identical?! How rare is that?!
22:09:13 signingminionmaker 1 in 7 million.
22:09:18 WeeHands wow
22:09:19 kerigillis oh minion, what do they talk about, signs with proper names?
22:09:22 patricianorth Truly?!
22:09:53 signingminionmaker Truly. they sign everything!! They've even picked up signs from Blues Clues that my hubby and I took a week figuring out.
22:10:12 kerigillis your children are prodigies
22:10:18 kimmgrav wow, ever exciting
22:10:21 signingminionmaker What can I say?!!!
22:10:29 patricianorth No, I meant 1 in 7 million? :)
22:10:55 signingminionmaker Yes, for identical triplets thats what they told me in ultrasound
22:11:07 signingminionmaker one egg split three ways
22:11:30 signingminionmaker So you can imagine that early communication is a must
22:11:32 kerigillis i watched blues this weekend and i got them all, exactly which ones did you miss..wink wink.nudge nudge
22:11:56 patricianorth That is really astounding! Small world, by the way, my best friend owns a Pilates studio in Waterloo. We should definitely meet up at some point to share some signing tips!
22:12:08 signingminionmaker My Halla has been signing ...whatever and then pats herself and does her version of smart
22:12:25 signingminionmaker smart from blues clues
22:12:27 WeeHands patricianorth what's the name of your friend's studio - we may have emailed each other?
22:12:39 kerigillis oh, i cheated, i learned that in class last week
22:12:58 WeeHands signingminionmaker that is so cute!
22:13:17 signingminionmaker Sara I would love for you to visit. there's just toomuch to tell
22:13:20 patricianorth l'esprit de corps pilates .
22:13:32 signingminionmaker I've seen that place
22:13:51 kerigillis hey, i got those signing times videos two weeks ago. they are fabulous!!!!!!!! bug's picked up signs left and right
22:14:02 signingminionmaker I love ST
22:14:11 patricianorth Signing Time stuff is great!
22:14:15 signingminionmaker You should check their chat
22:14:17 kerigillis I'm all about the signing time with alex and leah
22:14:18 WeeHands i'll actually give you a call tomorrow to set up a visit with you and Guelph!
22:14:34 kerigillis i go around dancing and singing while the song plays
22:14:48 WeeHands i love ST - find myself watching it when my kids wander out of the room
22:14:53 signingminionmaker I'm liking that!!!!! Can you call after 3:00pm (getting mom assessed for the home)
22:14:54 kerigillis i meant to do that wee, life is too crazy
22:15:22 WeeHands kerigillis meant to do what?
22:15:35 kerigillis to check out their chat
22:15:40 WeeHands after 3 it is!
22:15:49 kerigillis oh, minion said that, sorry
22:15:53 signingminionmaker Is it okay that I'm jumping up and down?
22:15:56 WeeHands what time is the ST chat on Weds eastern time?
22:16:02 kimmgrav Bye everyone, Happy signing :D
22:16:09 WeeHands no problem! di nada!
22:16:09 kerigillis only if your not hitting your head while your doing it
22:16:15 WeeHands kimmgrav have a great week!
22:16:17 signingminionmaker bye Kim!!! the chat is on at 8pm
22:16:22 kerigillis by kim
22:16:45 kerigillis great, i've been so busy i didn't notice i'm illiterate
22:17:05 WeeHands i think everyone needs to use a different colour for their text! I'm getting confused and it's only a small group!
22:17:23 WeeHands i'll use purple!
22:17:23 signingminionmaker okay
22:17:29 kerigillis and
22:17:33 kerigillis how's that
22:17:41 WeeHands bee-u-tee-ful!
22:17:47 signingminionmaker I'll use blue
22:17:55 WeeHands kerigillis where are you from?
22:18:03 kerigillis lafayette, la
22:18:08 patricianorth am i pink?
22:18:08 WeeHands i love it!
22:18:13 signingminionmaker no
22:18:19 WeeHands no pink yet
22:18:36 signingminionmaker now i have that stupid blues clues song in my head
22:18:38 patricianorth now i am
22:18:43 signingminionmaker red
22:19:02 patricianorth i think it is past my bedtime or something....
22:19:08 WeeHands try let's go change your diaper, let's go change your diaper, let's go change your diaper cuz it's really wet"!"
22:19:09 signingminionmaker why?
22:19:19 signingminionmaker why to patricai
22:19:23 signingminionmaker patricia
22:19:38 signingminionmaker okay now i've got that stuck in my head
22:19:46 patricianorth cuz I can't even get these darned colour thingys to work
22:19:54 WeeHands if you click on someone's name in the chat area - it will print it in your text box signingminionmaker patricianorth kerigillis
22:20:06 signingminionmaker WeeHands neat
22:20:16 signingminionmaker signingminionmaker WeeHands patricianorth kerigillis
22:20:17 WeeHands saves on typing!
22:20:20 kerigillis what are you talking about
22:20:21 WeeHands stop it!
22:20:23 WeeHands :)
22:20:29 signingminionmaker :)
22:20:44 patricianorth *applause*
22:20:54 WeeHands kerigillis do you see my last message at 10:21 and I typed in stop it""
22:21:12 kerigillis are you fussing at me
22:21:17 signingminionmaker :toddlerbf :toddlerbf :toddlerbf
22:21:22 signingminionmaker whatis that?
22:21:24 WeeHands click on [WeeHands] before I typed stop it""
22:21:35 patricianorth yeah, what is that?:)
22:21:35 WeeHands too funny!
22:21:40 signingminionmaker it just seems wrong
22:21:43 kerigillis i thought it was breastfeeding
22:21:47 WeeHands 3 toddlers nursing!
22:21:55 signingminionmaker pretty big toddlers
22:21:57 WeeHands only you're only 1 mom signingminionmaker !
22:22:06 kerigillis give me give me give me
22:22:11 WeeHands if only there were 3 of you!
22:22:13 signingminionmaker Yeah and I don't wink when I breastfeed
22:22:31 WeeHands do you breastfeed! :)
22:22:37 signingminionmaker I did.
22:22:39 kerigillis seriously, how DID you do that
22:22:51 signingminionmaker You don't want three ofme all stalking you Sara
22:23:00 signingminionmaker Well you put two on and one waits
22:23:07 WeeHands click on the :D button between the colours and the music buttons!
22:23:19 WeeHands you need 3 nipples!
22:23:30 signingminionmaker *bleep* *bleep* *bleep*
22:23:41 WeeHands okay I've got to go to bed now!
22:23:44 signingminionmaker oh, that was disappointing
22:23:56 patricianorth I know you can easily tell them apart, but can others?
22:24:00 WeeHands just don't do the scarey laugh sound!
22:24:03 signingminionmaker Well good night then and i'll talk to you tomorrow
22:24:09 signingminionmaker OH, I hate that laugh!!
22:24:19 signingminionmaker I've actuallybeen having trouble lately
22:24:23 patricianorth *bleep*
22:24:26 signingminionmaker Two of them are so alike
22:24:38 patricianorth I am truly fascinated!
22:25:07 signingminionmaker i just got booted
22:25:17 WeeHands I'm going to sign (ha ha!) off now gals - have a great week and I hope to see you next week! patricia let you families know about the chat! although past 10:00 it gets silly every week! lol
22:25:23 patricianorth OK, honestly, I will be in Cambridge sometime soon, and would love to meet both Triplet Mama and Wee ....can you guys come out and play?
22:25:44 signingminionmaker email me triplethreat@rogers.com
22:26:00 patricianorth Great email :)
22:26:09 signingminionmaker my hubby's business
22:26:17 signingminionmaker he's a dj
22:26:30 kerigillis i'm with the dj
22:26:36 WeeHands Oh, I'd love to meet patricianorth ! we need to plan a Sign2Me conference for Ontario and Quebec...at least!
22:26:36 patricianorth wait a minute, what does he do? Why does this sound familiar to me?
22:26:37 signingminionmaker huh
22:26:46 kerigillis it's a song
22:26:51 signingminionmaker ohyeah
22:26:59 kerigillis swooch over your head
22:27:05 patricianorth Yeah, a conference! I was just thinking the same thing today!
22:27:13 kerigillis i want to go to a conference
22:27:15 WeeHands fall 2005?
22:27:17 signingminionmaker My husband is the manager at our local greyhound station and djs on the side
22:27:20 kerigillis do i actually have to belong?
22:27:27 WeeHands let's post it onthe PN!
22:27:36 kerigillis wow, music and transport, he's got it covered
22:27:59 signingminionmaker and he's hot!!!
22:28:04 patricianorth Excellent idea!
22:28:17 patricianorth too funny!
22:28:17 WeeHands kerigillis we'll bring you in special!
22:28:24 signingminionmaker Special
22:28:35 kerigillis I'M LEAVING IN ON A JET PLANE, DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL BE BACK AGAIN
22:28:44 signingminionmaker Your hubby may wonder
22:28:57 kerigillis i'll give him a phone number
22:29:13 kerigillis seriously.....he's hot?
22:29:42 WeeHands THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, THIS IS THE OFFICIAL END OF OUR SIGNING WITH BABIES CHAT...PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN NEXT WEEK, SAME TIME/SAME PLACE! Sara from WEEHANDS www.weehands.com

 

 

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