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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?
21:45:45 WeeHands terrie?
21:45:50 WeeHands www.lifeprint.com
21:46:06 signingminionmaker ASL University with lifeprint is an awesome course
21:46:27 TrishP1961 What kind of classes do they offer?
21:47:08 signingminionmaker They have several different things that they offer.  I am taking their freebie outline and it has alot of info.  REally great pictures and descriptions
21:47:26 kimmgrav Thanks for the info
21:47:48 signingminionmaker There is an awesome worktext to go with it and alot of discussion/chat listings for questions
21:49:03 signingminionmaker Oh, my hubby is about to die a vicious death.  All my ASL Favorites are gone
21:49:11 grammaMom Hi all.  Sorry to interrupt.  I'm new to chat.  I'm, Violet from Cambridge, On.  As my handle shows I'm a grandma raising a grandson.  I'm 58 and retired.  My boy is almost 18 months, hearing and already knows a few signs.
21:49:48 WeeHands Hi grammaMom!  Welcome!
21:49:57 bonellen hi grandmaMom
21:50:25 signingminionmaker There is another one www.signingonline.com and it is attached to commtechlab.com the bestest online signing dictionary
21:51:00 WeeHands grammaMom what are your grandson's favourite signs? besides grandma"!"
21:51:24 grammaMom Try milk' and "more""
21:51:45 signingminionmaker Hi, grandmaMom, my grandparents raised me too.  It's a wonderful thing that you're doing.
21:52:20 grammaMom Thanks.  I couldn't let him go out of the family.
21:52:47 WeeHands Grandmothers are amazing!  We learned that when we have our own kids!  I can't believe my parents raised 4 children!
21:52:50 signingminionmaker That's how my parents/grandparents felt too.  And I thank very much for their decision
21:52:57 WeeHands bless you  grammaMom
21:53:17 grammaMom By Grace and by Grit
21:53:33 TrishP1961 My parents raised 5...I feel overwhelmed some days with just the two.
21:53:46 WeeHands man, i love that we are all so far apart but are here in one place to chat!
21:53:59 bonellen we're still deciding if we can handle getting pregnant with number two
21:54:03 WeeHands remarkable!
21:54:06 signingminionmaker Well my grandparents raised three but not like i'm doing
21:54:22 signingminionmaker Of course you can.  Have lots of babies.  Chris and I want more
21:54:31 grammaMom It does get hard at times.  I'm alone, but blessed with a good support group and church family.  My neighbours are awesome
21:54:33 WeeHands bonellen yes, it's great! my two have a fantastic time togother.
21:55:01 signingminionmaker My husband's sister lives in Cambridge and i'm just a hop skip and jump away in Guelhp
21:55:05 signingminionmaker Guelph
21:55:14 bonellen i think we will indeed get there, just tough to plan to 'start over' now that spencer is walking, feeding himself, etc.
21:55:15 kimmgrav I here you, bonellen, I'm in the same boat
21:55:44 bonellen yours is still quite young kim..
21:55:47 bonellen :)
21:56:05 grammaMom I'm interested in a group for baby sign here, but there's none yet.
21:56:16 signingminionmaker Ah, just you wait.
21:56:31 WeeHands grammaMom we're working on it!
21:56:32 TrishP1961 My mom always waited until one was 3..that way the 3 year old would help.
21:56:57 bonellen sounds funny, to have enough kids to make a 'rule'
21:56:59 grammaMom Looking forward to it.  Can I help
21:57:01 kimmgrav Would anyone be interested in coming to Sudbury to teach a group?
21:57:13 kimmgrav Just curious
21:57:30 TrishP1961 Where is Sudbury?
21:57:48 kimmgrav Northern Ontario about 4 hours north from TO
21:57:49 WeeHands hmmmm, maybe in the summer kim - i'll be doing a trip to the Soo
21:58:23 kimmgrav I know this is something that would definetly be good in this community
21:58:41 WeeHands i still can't believe there's no sign anything in Sudbury!
21:59:04 kimmgrav I hope that one day, I'll be able to provide this service
21:59:14 kimmgrav I'm learning
21:59:19 TrishP1961 I am in New York.  It is a new idea here but I've been doing classes now for two years and little by little the idea is starting to grow.
21:59:38 signingminionmaker That's so very cool Trish
21:59:40 WeeHands go  kimmgrav go!
21:59:47 signingminionmaker I can't wait to get started
21:59:49 bonellen where is pine city, trish?
22:00:19 TrishP1961 near PA..I am about 2 hours south of Rochester...in Elmira, NY
22:00:21 signingminionmaker Sara, how long have you been doing classes?
22:01:00 bonellen (i grew up in westchester)
22:01:00 WeeHands i've been teaching sign to families with children with special needs since 1997, but WeeHands started in 2001
22:01:36 signingminionmaker wow, now have you had alot of twins/triplets in your classes.  What Trish asked earlier has got me curious about the twin talk thing.
22:01:58 signingminionmaker Have you witnessed this twin talk thing Trish/
22:02:21 TrishP1961 Yes.  I had to provide speech therapy to 3 year old twins.
22:02:28 signingminionmaker Go on
22:02:45 TrishP1961 I taught them how to sign and they began to talk in English.  Sign helped the twin talk disappear.
22:03:11 bonellen cool
22:03:30 signingminionmaker interesting-well my girls have a siging vocab of 100 signs right now maybe I won't see anything like that.  Sure would be wild though.
22:03:31 TrishP1961 I was curious if you are signing with your triplets if you would maybe skip the twintalk phase completely.
22:04:17 signingminionmaker Well sometimes when they babble vocally they look at one another knowingly like and I feel as if I've been left out of the punch line.
22:04:55 WeeHands twin talk - http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bmultiples/0,,85pp,00.html?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=1&pba=adid=14371685
22:05:11 signingminionmaker My husband thinks they have super powers this would confirm it.
22:05:22 signingminionmaker thanks Sara
22:05:31 signingminionmaker brb baby crying
22:05:39 TrishP1961 I teach American SIgn Langauge at a high school...so I need to get to bed.  It was nice talking with you.  Keep us posted.  Thanks for the website Sara!
22:06:28 kimmgrav Godd night  TrishP1961
22:06:28 bonellen good night trish
22:06:32 WeeHands Does anyone have any questions regarding signing with your baby before we wrap things up?
22:07:17 bonellen i have one
22:07:24 bonellen how do you sign 'truck'?
22:07:25 WeeHands go ahead!
22:07:49 WeeHands oh, there's two differents ways but the way my son loved was...
22:07:50 kimmgrav Good night all, till next time
22:08:06 bonellen spencer just goes  :p  and spits to make a truck sound
22:08:14 signingminionmaker good night kim
22:08:48 grammaMom With my boy in day care 3 days a week, I have less time to spend with him.  How can I maximize that so he doesn't forget?
22:08:50 WeeHands t" shape both hands, about shoulder level, left hand in front of right hand, right hand bumps into left hand"
22:08:57 WeeHands bonellen cute!
22:09:46 WeeHands think of about 10-15 signs to use with him, a combination of things he loves and things you do everyday/all the time
22:09:53 kimmgrav oops one question, before I forget
22:09:55 bonellen great.... another sign that will end up looking like shoes and more!
22:09:58 WeeHands GA
22:09:59 signingminionmaker grammaMom just keep it as part of your routine.  Repeat repeat repeat
22:10:15 kimmgrav Can you translate the signs to French?
22:10:24 WeeHands shoes is palms down though, truck has your hands upright
22:10:48 signingminionmaker there is a french site for ASL but i'd have to leave the group to retrieve it out of my mailbox
22:10:58 signingminionmaker French SL
22:11:02 WeeHands knowing where you live - yes.  Quebec though has it's own sign langauge, LSQ.
22:11:10 signingminionmaker that's it
22:11:11 bonellen i know, but spencer signs shoes and more exactly the same. i hope he'll straighten them out soon
22:11:48 WeeHands you can tell by context which is which and maybe by the vocalization he'll make for one or the other.
22:11:49 grammaMom At eighteen months should I correct his handshapes
22:12:00 WeeHands he may sign truck" with more gusto as well!"
22:12:21 WeeHands just model the correct handshapes clearly for him, just as you do with speech
22:12:41 bonellen yes, we don't have trouble understanding which one he means
22:12:43 WeeHands kimmgrav you can sign ASL, and speak English or French to Mika
22:12:45 signingminionmaker no need to manually shape hands, he'll get it.
22:12:48 grammaMom Good.  He'll develop just as with speech?
22:13:03 bonellen we continue to model correctly
22:13:24 kimmgrav thanks Sara, I've benn using them in French and I wasn;t sure
22:13:35 WeeHands signingminionmaker right, unless you're wee one asks for helping shaping there hands.  Joshua did this at age 3 b/c he had trouble getting his fingers in the I love you" shape"
22:13:38 grammaMom Thanks.  Early rise for daycare in a.m.  Good night all and thanks
22:13:53 bonellen good night grandma
22:13:59 WeeHands Have a great night! see you next weeK!
22:14:00 signingminionmaker REally nice to meet you grammamom
22:14:35 bonellen good night all, i'm going to sign off now too.
22:14:37 kimmgrav Good night and thanks for the info.
22:14:46 bonellen thanks again for all of the information!
22:14:46 signingminionmaker goodnight
22:15:20 signingminionmaker well why don't I email you that ad stuff now/
22:15:37 WeeHands Cool!
22:15:39 WeeHands THANKYOU FOR JOINING US, THIS IS THE OFFICIAL END OF OUR SIGNING WITH BABY CHAT...PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN NEXT WEEK, SAME TIME/SAME PLACE! HAPPY SIGNING! SARA, WWW.WEEHANDS.COM

 

 

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