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15:06:29 |
WeeHands |
OFFICIAL START OF THE SIGNING WITH BABY CHAT! WELCOME! ?MY
NAME IS SARA FROM WEEHANDS AND I AM YOUR HOSTESS TODAY! THIS
CHAT IS TRANSCRIPTED AND POSTED ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THIS
CHAT...PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN POSTING TO THIS CHAT.
THANK YOU! :) |
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15:06:31 |
LisaB |
I am so disoriented..I have no idea where I am...LOL |
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15:06:46 |
WeeHands |
which chat room are you in!!! |
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15:07:20 |
WeeHands |
how many instant message windows have you ever had open!? |
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15:09:12 |
LisaB |
I think I am in the right place |
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15:13:11 |
WeeHands |
you are in the right place! |
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15:13:36 |
ourwiefamily |
hi |
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15:13:43 |
WeeHands |
hey that was quick! |
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15:13:51 |
WeeHands |
how are you doing!? |
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15:14:46 |
WeeHands |
it's a quiet, quiet afternoon! |
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15:14:53 |
WeeHands |
are all your babies sleeping? |
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15:14:54 |
WeeHands |
:) |
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15:15:02 |
ourwiefamily |
nope ... just ran to the grocery store actually |
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15:15:07 |
LisaB |
at the momement |
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15:15:17 |
ourwiefamily |
and then had to slap together a sandwich for me before
coming here ... that's why I'mm late |
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15:15:30 |
ourwiefamily |
but SO glad to be here finally! |
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15:16:13 |
ourwiefamily |
guess what I did yesterday?!?! (or day before ... the days
they blend together) |
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15:16:20 |
ourwiefamily |
I bought Maria's first birthday present |
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15:16:22 |
ourwiefamily |
and it is |
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15:16:25 |
ourwiefamily |
drum roll |
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15:16:37 |
ourwiefamily |
the new baby sign dvds from signing times! |
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15:17:32 |
ourwiefamily |
release date is Sept 6 or something like that and Maria's
birthday is Oct 2, so perfect timing for us! |
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15:18:02 |
ourwiefamily |
I'm going to try a new color |
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15:18:05 |
WeeHands |
yeah!! i can't wait to get it! |
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15:18:12 |
ourwiefamily |
oops forgot to apply it, lol |
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15:18:30 |
WeeHands |
maria's going to be one! noooooo :crying |
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15:18:35 |
WeeHands |
where has this year gone! |
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15:18:40 |
ourwiefamily |
just zipped right by |
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15:18:51 |
WeeHands |
no kidding |
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15:18:58 |
ourwiefamily |
her signing update ... she definitely has milk" down well.
But mostly she only signs it while nursing." |
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15:19:06 |
WeeHands |
my son just turned 5 and my little ballerina will be 3 in
november! |
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15:19:19 |
WeeHands |
the most important milk! |
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15:19:21 |
ourwiefamily |
When she wants to nurse really bad she just arches her neck
back and pushes her head into my chest wall |
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15:19:32 |
ourwiefamily |
then after she is nicely latched on, she signs milk"" |
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15:19:34 |
WeeHands |
total desparation ! |
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15:19:43 |
ourwiefamily |
yup ... she is never a little" hungry!" |
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15:20:11 |
ourwiefamily |
though a couple times she has signed milk" and shoved it in
her mouth when she was telling me she wanted to ... most of
the time though she only signs after she starts up." |
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15:20:16 |
WeeHands |
i think it's so cool when babies use their signs for more
than just requesting - here she's commenting yeah, I'm
having some milk!"" |
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15:20:48 |
ourwiefamily |
and she loves how when she signs milk, then dad and mom both
say milk milk milk" at her. She thinks she is terribly
clever, hehe" |
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15:21:16 |
WeeHands |
one of our instructors, Joanne, showed my a photo of her 15
month old. when they say cheese" to get him to smile - he
looks at them funny and signs it!" |
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15:21:26 |
ourwiefamily |
she also seems to use the sign milk" for Mom, lol ... we are
so intertwined, yk!" |
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15:21:32 |
WeeHands |
of course, she's a genius! |
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15:21:41 |
WeeHands |
lol! |
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15:22:05 |
WeeHands |
and she's only 11 months old! |
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15:22:14 |
WeeHands |
:bf |
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15:22:19 |
WeeHands |
too funny! |
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15:22:49 |
ourwiefamily |
I keep expecting her to burst into a flurry of signs
someday. She seems t o really understand them when others
use them, but just hasn't mastered their use for herself.
Mostly, I think she sees them as us entertaining her. ;) |
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15:23:55 |
ourwiefamily |
i have told a billion people about the signing times dvds
and several have bought them at my urging and ended up
loving them. |
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15:24:12 |
ourwiefamily |
I am kinda jealous though because a couple of the other
babies are much further ahead at using the signs. |
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15:24:35 |
ourwiefamily |
I know their moms on email loops so I'm not seeing the
babies ... maybe if Maria saw other babies using the signs
more, she would herself too. |
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15:24:47 |
ourwiefamily |
Or maybe it's just because the other babies are all about 1
to 1.5 months older than she is? |
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15:25:14 |
WeeHands |
that's most likely it |
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15:25:21 |
WeeHands |
what signs does she have? |
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15:25:36 |
ourwiefamily |
We were on a dues list together ... but it was a Sept dues
list and Maria was the last one to be born. :) |
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15:25:54 |
ourwiefamily |
not many ... milk" "bye" sort of "mom"" |
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15:26:24 |
WeeHands |
that's three - does she raise her arms for pick me up"" |
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15:26:39 |
ourwiefamily |
only if I hold my arms out to her and wait for her to put
her arms out. |
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15:26:43 |
ourwiefamily |
she's a lazy girl, lol |
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15:26:43 |
WeeHands |
i found with my wee ones the first 10 signs are slowest to
come. |
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15:26:49 |
WeeHands |
that's okay! |
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15:27:03 |
WeeHands |
my joshua signed at 9 months and sabrina signed at 11 months |
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15:27:17 |
WeeHands |
she just flew past him around 13-14 months |
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15:27:24 |
ourwiefamily |
sometimes I think she is sort of doing eat" but "eat" and
the sign I think she means for "mom" are very confusing and
similar" |
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15:27:24 |
WeeHands |
she's also very laid back |
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15:28:08 |
WeeHands |
just keep modelling the correct signs in the correct
situations and she'll get it |
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15:28:18 |
ourwiefamily |
My 2yo Isaiah was really excited the other day ... he had
colored a whole bunch of different colors on a page ... just
big scribbles |
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15:28:31 |
ourwiefamily |
He came and showed it to me and said it was a rainbow |
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15:28:41 |
ourwiefamily |
I said, what colors are in your rainbow?"" |
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15:29:21 |
ourwiefamily |
and he answered lots of colors in my rainbow" and as he
answered, he did the sign for "colors" and "rainbow" and
then started listing off some of his colors and bursting
into the song." |
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15:29:37 |
WeeHands |
ahhh! |
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15:29:46 |
ourwiefamily |
it's amazing to me how much signs are part of him ... if he
knows it, he signs it as he is speaking. |
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15:29:49 |
WeeHands |
too sweet! |
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15:30:41 |
ourwiefamily |
oooo ... a question ... he did this with hot dog" but the
signs he knows are for the separate words "hot" and "dog"
... is there a sign for hotdog that is specific to the
food?" |
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15:32:39 |
ourwiefamily |
and btw, it's wonderful for me that he uses his signs too
because his speech is still difficult for me to understand
... like I can't tell the difference between words like
bite" and "bath" (though he doesn't know signs for those,
but just saying them bec" |
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15:32:42 |
dsjones_68 |
am i all alone here? |
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15:32:45 |
ourwiefamily |
because that just happened |
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15:32:54 |
ourwiefamily |
dsjones_68 hello! |
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15:32:58 |
dsjones_68 |
hi |
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15:32:59 |
ourwiefamily |
are you here for baby signs chat? |
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15:33:08 |
dsjones_68 |
i think so |
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15:33:37 |
ourwiefamily |
and were you born in 1968? (I always wonder when I see
people's screen names, lol) |
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15:33:37 |
WeeHands |
dsjones_68 welcome! |
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15:34:10 |
ourwiefamily |
if so, we are close in age! |
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15:34:12 |
dsjones_68 |
thank you |
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15:34:36 |
dsjones_68 |
yes i was born in '68 |
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15:35:02 |
ourwiefamily |
i'm '71 myself ... how bout you, weehands .... fess up |
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15:35:08 |
WeeHands |
the sign for hot dog...is left hand bent C shape, palm up
(representing the bun) - right hand 1 shape (representing
the weiner!) |
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15:35:17 |
dsjones_68 |
can anybody tell me how this works? |
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15:35:28 |
ourwiefamily |
so do you put the 1 shape into the bun shape? |
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15:35:49 |
WeeHands |
place the 1 shape of your right hand into the palm of your
left hand (the wiener in the bun!) |
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15:36:00 |
WeeHands |
add ketchup and mustard as you want! |
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15:36:05 |
WeeHands |
1966 here! |
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15:36:19 |
dsjones_68 |
hi '66 |
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15:36:35 |
WeeHands |
we're very casual her dsjones_68 - we just ask questions
and share stories most of the time! |
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15:36:47 |
ourwiefamily |
cool ... I'm the youngest for a change! Lately, I've been
the oldest everywhere I go it seems. :) |
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15:36:53 |
dsjones_68 |
ok. i am new to signing. |
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15:37:04 |
WeeHands |
ok i ask this each week - where is every one form - me, east
of Toronto |
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15:37:06 |
ourwiefamily |
I just told Isaiah that was the sign for hotdog and he
looked at me puzzled and said no it's not mom" lol" |
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15:37:33 |
WeeHands |
my kids won't eat hotdogs we have to call them warmdogs"!" |
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15:37:55 |
WeeHands |
cuz hotdogs would be too hot! |
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15:37:58 |
ourwiefamily |
so I did like Rachel does on signing time and explained it
by saying see, it's like making a bun and putting a hotdog
in it. Yum" (and pretended to bite" |
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15:38:13 |
dsjones_68 |
i am originally from n.y., but i currently live in c.t. |
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15:38:22 |
ourwiefamily |
then he laughed and ran off |
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15:38:29 |
WeeHands |
same goes for hot chocolate |
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15:38:40 |
dsjones_68 |
ladies, i have an important question. |
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15:38:47 |
WeeHands |
go ahead! |
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15:39:43 |
dsjones_68 |
ok, i am left handed. i do not use my right hand as much,
because i cannot turn it over. how can i sign? |
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15:40:22 |
WeeHands |
you can still sign |
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15:40:33 |
WeeHands |
many signs are made just with one hand - e.g., milk |
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15:40:50 |
WeeHands |
for one handed signs you use your dominant hand - your left
hand |
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15:41:12 |
dsjones_68 |
i find it hard. i am just starting out. i am not sure if i
am doing the signs right. |
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15:41:18 |
WeeHands |
your dominant hand (your left hand) is always the hand that
does the majority of the moving |
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15:41:27 |
LisaB |
Hi..sorry, had to do phone call... from scanning back the
answers are Lisa, from Michigan, BOrn 65 |
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15:41:27 |
WeeHands |
how old is your little one? |
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