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Signing With Babies Chat #21, with Sarah Bingham of WeeHands
( www.weehands.com )
2/24/05

8 mamas in attendance

21:18:48 WeeHands WELCOME TO THE SIGNING WITH BABY CHAT!  I'M YOU'RE MODERATOR SARA BINGHAM FROM WEEHANDS!  PULL UP AND CHAIR, GRAB A TEA AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME!
21:18:55 WeeHands there :-)
21:19:10 bonellen :)
21:19:10 WeeHands bonellen were are you from again?
21:19:17 bonellen houston, tx
21:19:33 bonellen call me Bonnie
21:19:53 WeeHands that's right! how are things in Texas!
21:20:19 WeeHands it's too bad that our login names do come with our cities and babies ages attached!
21:20:44 bonellen i know!
21:21:08 bonellen not a lot of instructors here in texas
21:21:35 WeeHands i think there's 2-3 sign2me presenters there but texas is mighty big!
21:21:52 bonellen i think there is one in houston with me
21:22:37 bonellen one sign2me, and one baby signs.... in a city over 4 million!
21:22:41 bonellen keeping us busy!
21:22:49 WeeHands check out the cover of life magazine coming out tomorrow http://www.life.com/Life/
21:22:59 signingminionmaker hello!!
21:23:26 WeeHands hi there terrie!
21:23:32 signingminionmaker Hey!!
21:23:35 bonellen hi
21:23:37 bonellen i'm back
21:23:40 signingminionmaker Are we talking about the twins/
21:23:47 WeeHands just loving the cover of life issue that is out tomorrow and wondering how to buy it in Toronto!
21:23:59 signingminionmaker Are the boys on the cover?
21:24:01 TrishP1961 How do you find out about these things so early?
21:24:13 signingminionmaker We have connections
21:24:14 WeeHands just one of the boys is on the cover http://www.life.com/Life/
21:24:19 signingminionmaker cool.
21:24:44 WeeHands the signing time! yahoo! group alexandleah" announced it today"
21:24:45 signingminionmaker Chapters/Indigo
21:24:54 signingminionmaker They have American papers
21:24:59 WeeHands perfect!
21:25:12 WeeHands like i need an excuse to go to a chapters!
21:25:17 signingminionmaker So, Sara, my new plan is to get us on Breakfast Television
21:25:23 bonellen wait, who's boy is that?
21:25:30 signingminionmaker What time do you get up in the mornings
21:25:39 bonellen sara?
21:25:53 WeeHands it's one of the twins that played the baby" in the movie "meet the fokkers""
21:26:09 bonellen ah, from california, yes?
21:26:09 signingminionmaker One of the boys that stole the role from my triplets
21:26:16 WeeHands hold on a second all i need to switch computers - be right back!
21:26:17 bonellen oh no!!! sorry terri
21:26:29 signingminionmaker yeah, boohoo, gotta tell that story every time cause I'm jealous
21:26:39 signingminionmaker We were like three or four months off
21:27:05 signingminionmaker They were originally looking for signing triplet girls
21:27:17 signingminionmaker boo hoo
21:27:27 bonellen so close sara!
21:27:34 signingminionmaker :crying
21:27:36 bonellen i mean terri
21:28:05 TrishP1961 how cool!  How do you do that?
21:28:24 signingminionmaker Do you see a smiley face on the bottom left?
21:28:33 TrishP1961 yes
21:29:00 signingminionmaker click on it and it gives you a bunch to choose from.  also  ;  ( together does something
21:29:03 signingminionmaker ;(
21:29:10 signingminionmaker oops ;)
21:29:24 signingminionmaker other way  ;  ) together
21:29:34 TrishP1961 *)
21:29:40 signingminionmaker Funny huh?
21:29:50 TrishP1961 That is soo cool!
21:29:58 signingminionmaker Hey yours blinks
21:30:30 signingminionmaker :)
21:30:39 signingminionmaker :  ) together
21:30:47 signingminionmaker :(
21:31:05 bonellen ok, i have some sign questions i haven't been able to find
21:31:09 bonellen avocado
21:31:11 bonellen plum
21:31:30 bonellen tiger
21:32:07 signingminionmaker Are you looking for ASL signs?
21:32:13 bonellen yes, please
21:32:20 TrishP1961 Sorry, I have only seen plum fingerspelled.  Tiger has a movement like the sign for cat only it uses the whole hand.  Does that make sense?
21:32:39 bonellen yes, trish. unfortunately spencer already signs cat using his whole hand
21:33:37 TrishP1961 That's okay.  I would show him the correct cat and tiger signs..children say the word dog for a dog,cat or other pet until they are 3...so he signs the two the same for awhile..I wouldn't worry.
21:33:38 WeeHands Okay, I'm back!
21:34:10 bonellen is there a sign for avocado?
21:34:51 WeeHands yes!
21:35:40 WeeHands A" shape both hands, hold left hand palm up while the right hand mimes cutting a wedge out of the left hand (this is if you are right handed)"
21:36:16 TrishP1961 Thanks!  I didn't know that.
21:36:31 bonellen ok, works for us!
21:36:39 kimmgrav Hi all
21:36:45 bonellen he says 'ado
21:36:48 WeeHands i think it's one of the top 20 food signs asked!
21:36:53 WeeHands that's sweet!
21:37:05 bonellen spencer LOVES avocado
21:37:14 TrishP1961 Makes sense..they are an easy for kids to eat food.
21:38:35 WeeHands it's love/hate thing - my kiddies wouldn't eat it which means I ate it all everytime I tried to feed it to them - YUM!
21:38:46 bonellen lol
21:40:08 WeeHands I know I ask this every chat but where is everyone from and how old are your babies? some names I do remember but for everyone let's just do a roll call!
21:40:39 bonellen Bonnie from Houston, TX. Mom to (almost) 15 month old Spencer
21:40:54 TrishP1961 Trish Peterson Pine City, NY  Babies are grown...ages 6 and 9.  Now I just each sign to other moms.
21:40:57 WeeHands I'm Sara the owner of WeeHands and I'm just east of Toronto in what is currently cold, cold Canada!  I'm mom to Joshua age 4 and Sabrina age 2!
21:41:10 WeeHands 6 and 9 are still babies to me!
21:41:31 bonellen and recently certified to teach Baby Signs programs
21:41:32 kimmgrav Kim from Sudbury, Ontario and I have a 6  and half month old, named Mika
21:41:39 signingminionmaker Terrie, Guelph Ontarion Canada with three identical signing girls at 19 months
21:41:48 WeeHands My son told me tonight that even when he's a grown up he'll still snuggle me - melt, melt, melt!
21:41:58 TrishP1961 Well..I consider anyone out of diapers officially not a baby any more..
21:42:12 signingminionmaker too cute!!!  my Jordan has started signing her version of I love you
21:43:02 TrishP1961 Terrie,
21:43:09 signingminionmaker Yes Trish?
21:43:17 TrishP1961 Is there any version of twin talk you need to worry about?
21:43:21 WeeHands Hi Kim!  I met a mom yesterday with a 4 year old from Lively, but they had moved to Toronto when he was a baby b/c he needed a trach, at 2 he was diagnosed deaf and they are hear permanently b/c there are no services in Sudbury - arrgh!
21:43:47 WeeHands kimmgrav I love the name Mika!
21:43:49 signingminionmaker Twin talk?  i'm not sure I've heard of that term
21:44:11 signingminionmaker Do you mean their only communicating with one another with their own language?
21:44:15 kimmgrav thanks, actually thats my name backwards with my hubby's first initial
21:44:29 TrishP1961 Sorry, many times twins and triplets will develop their own language.  They understand each other by moms and dads have no clue what they are saying.
21:44:51 signingminionmaker Not yet.  We'll have to see.
21:45:36 kimmgrav Sara, r there any ASL courses that you can take online?