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Signing With Babies Chat #20, with Sarah Bingham of WeeHands
( www.weehands.com )
2/17/05

7 mamas in attendance

21:10:29 bonellen hi
21:10:53 joanned hi there
21:11:09 joanned are you a signing mom?
21:11:11 bonellen this is signing babies chat?
21:11:29 bonellen yes. mom to 15 month old spencer. you?
21:11:55 joanned yes - Richard is 9 months old and signing
21:12:18 bonellen fabulous! that is about when spencer started signign back to us.
21:12:50 joanned Wonderful - How much is he signing now?
21:13:08 bonellen lots! right after he turned one they just started exploding
21:13:24 bonellen he signs some, and speaks some too.
21:13:41 joanned did you know sign before he was born?
21:14:08 bonellen i got Baby Signs" from my cousin as a baby gift. she used it with her kids (now 5 & 7) and thought it was great"
21:14:16 bonellen that was my intro to signing
21:14:19 bonellen what are richard's favorite signs?
21:14:55 joanned right now he's only signing milk but understands many more
21:15:23 bonellen yes. spencer did seem to understand lots.
21:15:27 joanned I find it helps him with transition ie. diaper change, saying bye bye to toys etc.
21:15:55 bonellen milk, more, eat, all done are good ones to start with - because you use them so often, for many situations
21:16:50 bonellen how did you get into signing with richard?
21:17:04 joanned I've actually been signing to Richard since he was born - I've been an ASL signer for over 10 years now as I have a Deaf family member
21:17:34 eilidh I'm just gonna jump right in...I'm teaching my 10mos baby girl, Willow to sign. Nothing yet....but I'm not giving up!
21:17:55 eilidh I have an older daughter who I taught to sign....so this is signer #2
21:17:56 joanned Sorry, Richard just woke up.....by back in a minute I hope
21:18:16 brooke i have a 7 month old who's still a bit young, but we plan to teach
21:18:29 bonellen hi eilidh. hi brooke
21:18:40 eilidh That's great, Brooke.  Your first baby?
21:19:40 bonellen eilidh - how did you get started signing with your older daughter
21:19:50 brooke yes, he's our first (and in my lap) ;)
21:19:55 brooke yes, he's our first (and in my lap) ;)
21:20:18 eilidh I started when she was born.....and was kinda hot and cold.....but she signed her first sign at 10mos old...it was fish....and after that she learned signs very quickly!
21:20:56 eilidh It's amazing how once they grasp the concept  of signing, they can really take off!  They can learn a lot of signs.
21:21:12 bonellen my son spencer started signing back to use around 9/10 months of age... and right after his birthday they just kept tumbling out
21:21:26 bonellen (he's 14 1/2 months now and going stong!)
21:21:57 eilidh My older daughter has such great speach....so much more advanced than any of her peers....and I know it's because of her early language development via signing.
21:22:44 bonellen that's great to hear! spencer seems to be a bit ahead of the other kids in his class in language (but he was a bit behind in walking)
21:23:14 eilidh My second doesn't seem to be as quick as my first....but I'm hanging in there.
21:23:36 bonellen does your daughter sign to him too?
21:24:22 eilidh My older daughter signs some....but her primary means of communciation is speach....she signs for fun, when I sign signing songs, or when I sign.
21:24:43 signingminionmaker hi everyone!
21:24:44 eilidh meant to say when I ask her to sign...sorry.
21:24:54 eilidh Hi signingminionmaker
21:24:56 bonellen was it sad when she stopped?
21:25:04 bonellen hi minionmaker
21:25:07 signingminionmaker what are we talking about?
21:25:18 eilidh Nah....it's wasn't like to just stopped....it's slowly trickled down.....
21:25:39 eilidh but the other day....
21:25:45 eilidh I took her to dance class
21:25:55 eilidh and they have a window for the parents to look in
21:26:18 eilidh and she and all the other girls were h olding  hands as t hey sad down
21:26:26 eilidh sat...I mean
21:26:32 eilidh she looked up at me
21:26:38 eilidh and saw me looking at her
21:26:59 eilidh and made a fist....and with her other hand peeled up the fingers....needed to sign I love you
21:27:10 eilidh my heart mealted
21:27:21 bonellen awwwww
21:27:32 signingminionmaker That just brought tears to my eyes
21:27:42 eilidh It brought tears to me too
21:27:46 eilidh they grow so fast
21:27:50 bonellen how old is she
21:27:58 eilidh she'll be 3 in April
21:28:01 signingminionmaker Did anyone elses know what she was doing?
21:28:44 signingminionmaker eilidh I wasn't here for the first part of the talk-why did she have to peel up her fingers?  If you don't mind me asking.
21:28:49 eilidh I don't know....I signed it back to her (I felt like we doing the the Wonder Twins---Unite" ritual...ya know the one?  I was a little self conscious...but no one said anything"
21:29:37 signingminionmaker just a kid thing?
21:30:03 eilidh The I love you sign can be a little tricky....thumb, pointer and pinky sticking up.....so she peels each finger up to get it right (I think it's terribly cute to see her do that!)
21:30:20 signingminionmaker That would be.
21:30:54 signingminionmaker I have a funny story
21:31:04 bonellen i don't think spencer has that dexterity to sign  ilove you just yet
21:31:08 bonellen let's hear the story!
21:31:23 signingminionmaker tonight my mother in law comes and gets the triplets ready for bed so I can get a little break.
21:31:57 signingminionmaker that's Thurs. nights.  anyways.  She's singing songs and using all the signs she can remember.
21:32:43 signingminionmaker I was cleaning up the kitchen after the girls supper and she starts screaming SHE SIGNING I LOVE YOU!!!!  SHES SIGNING I LOVE YOU!!!"
21:33:09 bonellen awwwww
21:33:32 signingminionmaker So I come running out of the kitchen and mom's leaned over Jordan changing her bum.  She signed I love you she says, I signed it to her and she signed it back as a wave.
21:33:56 signingminionmaker So she tried and tried to get her to do it and Jordan finally responds
21:34:20 signingminionmaker Nana is so proud of herself because Jordan signed I love you to her first
21:34:26 bonellen how special
21:34:37 bonellen your trips are 2, right?
21:34:40 signingminionmaker Sadly Jordan was actually signing all done cause Nana had finished changing her butt
21:34:53 signingminionmaker I didn't have the heart to tell nana
21:35:15 signingminionmaker Actually they are 19 months
21:36:41 signingminionmaker okay maybe not that funny, you kind of had to be there
21:36:56 BabySignsKelly Hello Everyone!  I'm late - but better late than never!
21:37:02 bonellen hi kelly
21:37:13 signingminionmaker hi kelly
21:37:30 signingminionmaker Is Sara going to make it this evening?
21:38:45 BabySignsKelly How is everyone this evening - anything special you're chatting about?
21:39:23 bonellen hi kelly. talking about signing 'i love you'
21:39:44 signingminionmaker But it was really all done after a butt change
21:39:55 bonellen i think that's funny
21:39:59 signingminionmaker all done""
21:40:06 BabySignsKelly My twins and I used to sign that through the window at day-care when I would leave them in the morning!
21:40:23 signingminionmaker twins neat!  i have triplets
21:40:43 BabySignsKelly God Bless You!  I can barely handle twins couldn't imagine triplets!
21:40:57 signingminionmaker bonellen how is spencer by the way?
21:41:11 signingminionmaker Kelly it's not that much different i'm sure.
21:41:21 bonellen he's doing great. learned the word and sign 'flower' this week. (got some for valentine's day)
21:41:31 bonellen now he sees 'flowers' EVERYWHERE
21:41:34 BabySignsKelly Probably not - you would just rise to the occasion - just like I did with twins
21:41:35 signingminionmaker awesome!!
21:41:48 BabySignsKelly Isn't that cool when they learn a new sign!
21:42:16 bonellen we just taught 'sniff, sniff' - but he sniffs in and out, kinda gross!
21:42:21 signingminionmaker It really is.  But I think my Zoe is a little confused about the sign for eat.  She uses it constantly
21:42:32 BabySignsKelly :(  Mine don't sign much anymore and I just totally miss it!
21:43:03 signingminionmaker Oh no, that's what eilidh was telling us too.
21:43:05 BabySignsKelly hee hee - my twins did a very similar thing - it was quite an exagerated sniff!