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21:32:43 |
WeeHands |
WELCOME TO SIGN WITH BABY CHAT! I'M YOUR MODERATOR, SARA
FROM WEEHANDS! |
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21:32:58 |
WeeHands |
hi there! how are things going? |
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21:33:06 |
bonellen |
great |
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21:33:19 |
bonellen |
the rodeo is in full swing here in houston |
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21:33:28 |
WeeHands |
oh, hilarious! |
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21:33:46 |
bonellen |
i'm a new yorker, but bringing spencer to the livestock show
today was AWESOME |
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21:33:51 |
WeeHands |
It's funny here in Canada we hear more about the Calgary
Stampede - pretty much same thing |
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21:34:02 |
bonellen |
i've heard that is HUGE as well |
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21:34:27 |
patricianorth |
Hello, anyone here? |
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21:34:34 |
bonellen |
hi patricia |
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21:34:38 |
WeeHands |
Hi Patricia! |
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21:34:52 |
patricianorth |
Hi--what's up tonight? |
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21:35:18 |
WeeHands |
just a small group tonight - r you from montreal? |
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21:35:19 |
bonellen |
pretty quiet night here so far |
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21:35:33 |
bonellen |
i was just telling sara about taking my 15 month old to the
Houston livestock show today |
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21:35:50 |
WeeHands |
how old is spencer again bonellen ? |
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21:35:59 |
patricianorth |
Yes, I am here in c-c-cold Montreal :) |
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21:36:05 |
bonellen |
spencer is 15 months |
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21:36:09 |
bonellen |
he rode a pony, watched chicks being born and had a BLAST at
the petting zoo |
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21:36:16 |
patricianorth |
Livestock show--yeehaw! |
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21:36:24 |
WeeHands |
tell me about c-c-c-cold right now, let's go visit bonellen
in houston! |
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21:36:35 |
WeeHands |
chicks being born - cool! |
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21:36:36 |
bonellen |
we had a picnic lunch outside |
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21:36:42 |
WeeHands |
outside - ha! |
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21:36:59 |
patricianorth |
No kidding! I was surfing around yesterday looking for a
last minute weekend deal to Florida! |
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21:37:02 |
bonellen |
wearing jackets, but i bet 60 was a far cry from where you
guys are |
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21:37:14 |
WeeHands |
too jealous! my kids are a little wingy from being inside so
much! |
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21:37:52 |
bonellen |
those little chicks work so hard to bust out, then they just
flop over and lay there breathing so hard |
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21:37:58 |
WeeHands |
can't deal with farenheit (can't even spell it) - that's
above 10 C thought at least - sigh! |
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21:38:20 |
monica |
hello, this is my first time here. I have a 2 month old
newborn |
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21:38:22 |
bonellen |
there were kangaroos in the petting zoo... spencer kept
bouncing his torso and saying hop hop hop"" |
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21:38:35 |
WeeHands |
there's a place near here that has all the little chicks out
at easter time for the kids to see - i'm going to bring my
kids over now! |
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21:39:11 |
bonellen |
and he signs 'horse' kind of spastic! |
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21:39:22 |
WeeHands |
ha! |
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21:39:31 |
bonellen |
gets VERY excited |
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21:39:33 |
patricianorth |
Neat-o! We don't have any petting zoos nearby---I usually
cruise by the pet store with my daughter ....ah, city livin'
huh? |
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21:39:47 |
monica |
hello! |
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21:39:57 |
patricianorth |
Hi Monica |
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21:39:58 |
bonellen |
hi monica! |
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21:40:04 |
WeeHands |
pet stores are great - speciallly those with lots of fish -
great inexpensive outing! |
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21:40:07 |
WeeHands |
hi monica! |
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21:40:15 |
WeeHands |
monica where are you from!? |
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21:40:43 |
monica |
Im from Ecuador, but I live in Japan |
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21:40:48 |
WeeHands |
wow! |
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21:40:49 |
patricianorth |
She gets a kick out of it....especially the fish--we have a
nice one where all the lights are dimmed in the fish
place--cool! |
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21:40:51 |
monica |
I have a 2 mo old son |
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21:40:56 |
WeeHands |
we're gone international! |
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21:41:15 |
patricianorth |
How did you come to live in Japan? |
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21:41:34 |
monica |
I just started to sign to my baby......I am a masters
student |
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21:41:49 |
monica |
still one more year |
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21:42:05 |
WeeHands |
what are you doing your masters in? |
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21:42:15 |
monica |
Urban Geography |
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21:42:19 |
WeeHands |
monica congratulations on baby as well! 2 months is sooo
wee! |
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21:42:41 |
monica |
thanks! |
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21:43:06 |
monica |
Is it 2 months too early to start signing? |
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21:43:07 |
patricianorth |
I had a call tonight from a very keen dad whose baby is 2
months old--looking for info on my classes---sweet! |
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21:43:30 |
monica |
I guess its not |
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21:43:56 |
monica |
:) |
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21:44:06 |
bonellen |
i read a post on a signing baby message board about a mom
claiming her two month old was signing to her! |
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21:44:06 |
WeeHands |
you can start at any time monica - babies typically don't
have the motor skills to sign back until about 9 months |
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21:44:12 |
bonellen |
hmmmm |
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21:44:28 |
WeeHands |
but they can understand so much more before they can
expressively use it |
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21:45:07 |
bonellen |
oh definintely |
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21:45:11 |
WeeHands |
all babies are different, i had an email from one of my
class participants who said her baby was making an
approximation for the sign for change" at 5.5 months" |
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21:45:17 |
patricianorth |
Signing at two months...hmmm. Signing TO baby at 2 months
is cool, but I agree with Sarah that baby needs to be at
least 6 months and closer to 8 months to actually sign. |
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21:45:19 |
monica |
But how do I know when to introduce another sign? Its said
that one have to wait untill the baby sign back |
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21:45:37 |
bonellen |
your baby will understand WAY more than you think |
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21:45:43 |
bonellen |
just keep on signing |
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21:45:44 |
WeeHands |
i would use about 10-15 signs with any baby I was signing
with |
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21:46:05 |
bonellen |
i think we are only limited by the number of signs WE know |
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21:46:17 |
bonellen |
almost every day i go look up a new word i want to teach
spencer |
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21:46:36 |
WeeHands |
use 5 signs that represent things you do each and every day
(repetitively!) like change, sleep, nurse/milk, mommy,
bath"" |
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21:47:13 |
monica |
I ve been signing for milk for a week and I want to
introduce another sign. |
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21:47:26 |
WeeHands |
and another 5 or so that are typically really motivating for
your baby, e.g., book, sing, light, fish, fan, ball, dog"" |
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21:47:27 |
bonellen |
diaper/change is a good one |
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21:47:28 |
monica |
mommy is cool, isn it? |
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21:47:42 |
bonellen |
we found 'more' and 'all done' to be very useful |
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21:47:52 |
WeeHands |
the sign mommy" or you, monica ? :)" |
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21:48:07 |
bonellen |
fairly easy concepts for the baby to get. |
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21:48:11 |
monica |
Id better use toilet....he is diaper free...! |
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21:48:12 |
WeeHands |
yes, more" and "all done / finish" are great ones to use!" |
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21:48:30 |
WeeHands |
monica great! |
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21:48:39 |
monica |
Im comming |
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21:48:44 |
bonellen |
diaper free at two months? |
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21:48:53 |
bonellen |
did i miss something? |
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21:49:22 |
WeeHands |
do a google search for elimination communication" bonellen
- it's a really interesting concept" |
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21:49:35 |
bonellen |
i read about that last month... |
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21:49:37 |
patricianorth |
huh? |
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21:49:56 |
bonellen |
www.bloggingbaby.com - my favorite daily read |
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21:49:56 |
WeeHands |
have you seen meet the fokkers" in japan yet monica ?" |
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21:51:03 |
bonellen |
did anyone out there see the article about baby signins in
Life magazine last weekend? |
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21:51:15 |
WeeHands |
great site - the blogging one - thanks! |
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21:51:24 |
WeeHands |
I haven't read it yet - hard to get in Canada! |
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21:52:12 |
bonellen |
blogging baby is great. you will be so up" on news in the
baby world" |
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21:52:28 |
patricianorth |
My cousin sent it to me--very positive I thought! |
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21:53:57 |
bonellen |
we dont' have it in any papers here in houston, had a friend
in NY send a copy. i thought it was great too! |
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21:55:51 |
WeeHands |
Can you tell us a bit about the article? |
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21:58:01 |
bonellen |
cover features one of the twins from 'meet the fockers' |
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21:58:17 |
WeeHands |
too cute! |
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21:58:49 |
bonellen |
the boom in baby signs language. the surprising trend every
parent is talking about"" |
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21:59:52 |
WeeHands |
is Life a weekly magazine - maybe I can find it downtown
tomorrow |
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22:00:13 |
bonellen |
check it out at www.life.com/life |
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22:01:20 |
monica |
bye, seeyou |
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22:01:25 |
bonellen |
shoot, looks like they have already converted site to
tomorrow's issue |
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22:01:29 |
bonellen |
good night monica |
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22:01:33 |
bonellen |
thanks for the info |
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22:01:51 |
monica |
actually noon in japan!!! |
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22:01:59 |
monica |
good night |
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22:02:51 |
patricianorth |
Night night all! |
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22:03:28 |
willowmav |
hi and bye :D |
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22:04:08 |
WeeHands |
where are you from willowmav ? |
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22:04:40 |
willowmav |
hi, alex leah - colorado springs |
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22:05:06 |
WeeHands |
more warm places - sigh! |
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22:05:07 |
willowmav |
it toook me a while to find you! sorry |
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22:05:15 |
WeeHands |
hi terrie! |
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22:05:17 |
willowmav |
where are you? |
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22:05:27 |
signingminionmaker |
Hey, wow, sorry I'm so late |
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22:05:31 |
WeeHands |
i'm just east of toronto - canada! |
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22:05:43 |
WeeHands |
i thought you were down for the count tonight terrie! |
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22:05:55 |
bonellen |
hi there terrie |
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22:05:57 |
signingminionmaker |
Pretty close but I'm so addicted to chats |
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22:05:59 |
bonellen |
hi willow |
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22:06:03 |
willowmav |
hi all |
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22:06:08 |
signingminionmaker |
hey bonnie, sorry I haven't written, been darn busy |
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22:06:09 |
willowmav |
i just got here tooooo |
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22:06:16 |
bonellen |
n.p. |
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22:06:19 |
signingminionmaker |
Hello willow, don't think we've met |
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22:06:22 |
bonellen |
i've been super busy here too |
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22:06:29 |
willowmav |
nope. we haven't met. just getting into signing. |
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22:06:39 |
bonellen |
welcome, willow! |
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22:06:42 |
signingminionmaker |
Congrats, you're going to love it |
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22:06:49 |
bonellen |
how old is your baby (babies?) |
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22:06:52 |
willowmav |
I already do. my daughter loves it! |
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22:07:11 |
signingminionmaker |
how old is she? |
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22:07:43 |
willowmav |
15 months. she is not dev. del or anything. hearing. has
about 50 signs. 10 of them baby signs. rest are asl... she
is making up signs as well :) |
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22:07:50 |
WeeHands |
willowmav how did you find out about infant sign language? |
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22:07:53 |
willowmav |
what about everyone else? |
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22:08:00 |
WeeHands |
wow! |
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22:08:18 |
willowmav |
I started with baby signs then I found singing time. moved
to asl.. now i'm really into it! |
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22:08:23 |
signingminionmaker |
19 month old triplet girls, signing since 10 months use over
100 signs at the moment and yes, making up some too |
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22:08:30 |
bonellen |
that's great willow! i also have a 15 month old (spencer)
and he probably also knows about 50 signs. |
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22:08:32 |
WeeHands |
i have a 4 year old little boy and a 2 year old little girl
both hearing both had just under 100 signs when i was
counting! |
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22:08:40 |
bonellen |
we use baby signs, or whatever spencer wants to us |
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22:08:42 |
bonellen |
use |
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22:08:43 |
willowmav |
triplets!!! triplets!!! triplets!!!! |
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22:08:51 |
signingminionmaker |
yeah, that's me. |
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22:09:00 |
signingminionmaker |
Are you on the ST forum as well? |
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22:09:19 |
bonellen |
what is ST forum? |
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22:09:26 |
signingminionmaker |
Signing Time |
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22:09:26 |
willowmav |
whew!!!!.. yes thats how I heard about this. i mostly lurk
and ignore the posts, but i like skimming the posts. |
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22:09:45 |
signingminionmaker |
well then I'm the Terrie with hearing triplets" from there" |
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22:09:55 |
bonellen |
is it a message board? |
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22:10:03 |
signingminionmaker |
yes |
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22:10:16 |
signingminionmaker |
And they do live chats on Wednesday |
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22:10:18 |
willowmav |
ok. cool i'll watch for you. i've only posted a couple a
times. today i posted my daughter making up a sign.
pointing at her head and saying 'at at at |
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22:10:29 |
signingminionmaker |
I just read that!!! |
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22:10:30 |
WeeHands |
I'm going to sign off now - my 2 year old is still up! |
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22:10:34 |
willowmav |
me too! |
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22:10:40 |
bonellen |
that's exactly how spencer says it too! 'at 'at 'at |
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22:10:47 |
willowmav |
gotta go. nice to meet you all |
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22:10:54 |
bonellen |
and the bunny rabbit goes 'op 'op 'op |
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22:11:01 |
signingminionmaker |
okay well, bye then. Nice to meet you too willow. |
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22:11:04 |
bonellen |
good night willow |
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22:11:07 |
willowmav |
bye all |
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22:11:29 |
signingminionmaker |
So, Bonnie did I miss anything? |
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22:11:56 |
WeeHands |
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYONE! PLEASE JOIN US (AND BRING YOUR
FRIENDS) AT NEXT WEEK'S SIGNING WITH BABY CHAT! SARA,
www.weehands.com |
