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16:03:48 |
ourwiefamily |
I just asked the gals in the lounge to
point baby signers here if they are
looking for us. :) |
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16:03:57 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
Great idea. |
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16:03:59 |
ourwiefamily |
So I take it you have 5 boys, eh? |
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16:04:03 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
you got it |
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16:04:08 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
how about you? |
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16:04:09 |
ourwiefamily |
I have 4 boys and 2 girls (another on
the way) |
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16:04:18 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
congratulations! |
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16:04:23 |
ourwiefamily |
thanks! |
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16:04:32 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
Do you sign with them? |
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16:05:42 |
ourwiefamily |
yes we do now ... starting up again
after a long break |
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16:05:47 |
ourwiefamily |
how about you? |
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16:06:18 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
My kids are 15, 12, 7, 4 and 10 months.
I did a few words with my 4 year old and
that was really helpful but once he
could talk we gave it up. |
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16:06:38 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
I am trying again with the youngest but
he doesn't sign anything yet. |
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16:06:58 |
ourwiefamily |
Cool ... our families are similar. My
kids are 14yob, 11yob, 7yob, 5yog,
3yob, and 1yog |
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16:07:21 |
ourwiefamily |
My littlest is just 15mo and she didn't
start signing on her own until about 13m
though she understood many signs before
that |
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16:07:46 |
ourwiefamily |
Now she uses about 30 signs! |
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16:07:53 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
wow! |
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16:08:16 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
I am never sure that I am doing anything
right so I don't do very many. |
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16:08:16 |
ourwiefamily |
I had almost given up hope, though,
because she wasn't using *any* until so
much later than I anticipated |
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16:08:38 |
ourwiefamily |
Have you ever thought about getting the
Signing Time dvds ... either from the
library or buying them? |
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16:08:53 |
ourwiefamily |
That is where we have learned the bulk
of our signs |
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16:08:59 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
I will check to see if the library has
them. |
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16:09:15 |
ourwiefamily |
My older kids each know well over 100
signs. I'd guess around 200? Maybe
more? |
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16:09:31 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
I checked out signing hands a couple of
weeks ago but had little time to look at
them with the holidays. |
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16:09:42 |
ourwiefamily |
They all love Signing Time (though the
two baby signing times ones are a little
babyish for the older ones ... but they
like the reg ones) |
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16:10:08 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
I will look for Signing Time... any
others you can recommend? |
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16:10:45 |
ourwiefamily |
That's pretty much what we have done to
this poitn |
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16:11:01 |
ourwiefamily |
I'm hoping to find some things that are
more in depth for the older kids because
we have fallen in love w/ signing |
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16:11:09 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
Did you start signing when your oldest
was small? |
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16:11:26 |
ourwiefamily |
no not at all |
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16:11:31 |
ourwiefamily |
hi weehands! |
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16:11:39 |
WeeHands |
hi there !! |
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16:11:43 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
did the older kids just pick it up? |
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16:11:47 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
Hi weehands |
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16:12:05 |
ourwiefamily |
We signed when our eldest two were 6 and
4 years old (we knew a deaf man then who
was teaching us sign) |
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16:12:27 |
WeeHands |
sorry - my computer kicked me out
before!! :( |
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16:12:38 |
ourwiefamily |
I was hoping you would be back! |
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16:12:43 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
me too! |
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16:12:45 |
ourwiefamily |
I was here when I saw you disappear |
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16:13:20 |
WeeHands |
5boys! |
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16:13:26 |
ourwiefamily |
to quick finish my story ... when he
moved away, we slowly stopped signing.
I still used a couple little signs in
public to ask for good behavior like no
running" or "quiet please" but otherwise
we stopped completely" |
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16:13:37 |
WeeHands |
i have 2 kids - how many children are
represented in total here!! |
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16:13:41 |
ourwiefamily |
I came to a baby sign chat here after
this baby was born |
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16:13:51 |
ourwiefamily |
13 kids plus on one the way total
represented here! |
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16:13:58 |
ourwiefamily |
op, but someone else just came. :) |
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16:13:58 |
WeeHands |
aaahhh! |
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16:14:04 |
WeeHands |
:D |
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16:14:11 |
ourwiefamily |
so this is the first time we did signing
w/ a baby |
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16:14:44 |
ourwiefamily |
The other kids picked it up because we
bought the first 6 signing time dvds and
my 11yo took it as a personal project to
teach it to all his siblings. So the
older 5 learned many signs last winter
and started using them a lot. |
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16:15:01 |
skrhythm |
hello |
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16:15:15 |
ourwiefamily |
It really helped us understand our then
2yo a lot better (he has minor speech
issues ... just low end of normal for
speech) |
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16:15:20 |
ourwiefamily |
hi skrhythm! |
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16:15:27 |
WeeHands |
hi there skrhythm ! welcoe! |
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16:15:37 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
hello skrhythm |
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16:15:37 |
WeeHands |
welcome!! (i mean!) |
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16:15:58 |
ourwiefamily |
I did think my baby would start signing
sooner since all of us were signing, but
she thought we were all signing just to
entertain her, lol. |
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16:16:25 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
isn't that what life is about?
entertaining babies! |
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16:16:27 |
ourwiefamily |
It's awesome now though. I've never
been able to communicate with a baby
her age like this! |
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16:16:59 |
ourwiefamily |
My husband is in awe. He thinks it is
very cool, though to begin with he
didn't really get into it. But now that
our littlest one is communicating so
well, he is a huge fan. |
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16:17:10 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
I remember with my 4yo how nice it was
when he was crying and upset about
something that he could give me some
idea of what the problem was. |
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16:17:20 |
ourwiefamily |
yes! |
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16:17:56 |
ourwiefamily |
skrhythm what age(s) kid(s) do you
have? |
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16:18:17 |
skrhythm |
mine are 10, 7 and 21/2 |
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16:18:31 |
skrhythm |
not sure this topic really pertains to
me! |
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16:18:44 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
have you ever tried signing? |
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16:19:10 |
skrhythm |
not really, no, not intentionaly anyways |
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16:19:21 |
ourwiefamily |
The first time my family ever did sign
language was when our oldest two were 6
and 4 ... we loved it then. |
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16:19:41 |
ourwiefamily |
It gave me a discreet way to gently
discipline the kids and a fun way for us
to have a code language" as a family" |
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16:19:56 |
skrhythm |
oh, i was under the impression it was
for younger children who did not speak
yet |
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16:20:00 |
ourwiefamily |
Plus, the kids loved meeting up w/ deaf
people (we knew one so we would see him
or others occasionally) and be able to
talk to him |
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16:20:17 |
ourwiefamily |
ASL is for anyone ... just like Spanish
or English or Japanese. It's another
language |
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16:20:38 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
my 12 year old is using the internet to
come up with signs. he loves teaching
what he can to the rest of us |
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16:20:42 |
ourwiefamily |
But the difference is that we have
people who rely on this method of
communication right here in our own
country ... it is *American* Sign
Language afterall. |
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16:21:16 |
ourwiefamily |
But yes, many have found that speaking
ASL to babies is very rewarding ... can
help the baby communicate wants and
needs at a much earlier age. |
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16:21:18 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
it also counts as a foreign language for
school |
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16:21:28 |
skrhythm |
yeah, i just thought you all were
talking about simpler signs for babies |
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16:21:35 |
becnorris |
has anyone tried to start their own
signing playgroup in their area? |
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16:21:49 |
ourwiefamily |
I have found that it increases my little
one's vocabulary and helped me
understand my garbled toddlers better. |
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16:21:56 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
never thought about it. how could
someone do that? |
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16:22:02 |
ourwiefamily |
Well ... my family uses about 200 signs
on a reg basis. |
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16:22:18 |
becnorris |
thats kind of what i am trying to find
out |
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16:22:21 |
ourwiefamily |
many of them are pretty basic signs. We
learn the ones we want to learn at this
point. |
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16:22:47 |
ourwiefamily |
I haven't set up a playgroup for signing
... but I've set up other groups. |
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16:22:51 |
ourwiefamily |
It's not too hard actually. |
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16:22:59 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
what kind of groups? |
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16:23:01 |
becnorris |
i am not a teacher or instructor in ASL
but would like to set up a play group |
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16:23:02 |
WeeHands |
you mean like a signing with baby meetup,
becnorris ? |
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16:23:09 |
ourwiefamily |
Usually the library and maybe little
coffee shops and what not will let you
put up a notice about the group. |
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16:23:25 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
how do you gauge interest? |
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16:23:30 |
becnorris |
I dont know what you mean by meet up? |
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16:23:52 |
WeeHands |
have a look at this page:
http://babysigning.meetup.com/4
|
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16:24:14 |
becnorris |
I have made a flier to send out and i
was planning on getting it out at
community center and library |
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16:24:41 |
becnorris |
no ill have to check it out. is it for
meeting like this online or in person |
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16:25:02 |
skrhythm |
got to run bye for now |
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16:25:28 |
ourwiefamily |
you may also want to consider seeing if
you have a health food store in your
community that would post it |
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16:25:46 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
it could be really helpful to meet with
other families that sign to practice and
confirm that you are doing the signs
correctly. |
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16:26:17 |
WeeHands |
are there any sign2me presenters in your
area that could refer families to you? |
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16:26:23 |
WeeHands |
or that you could partner with? |
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16:26:31 |
WeeHands |
what area are you in becnorris ? |
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16:26:39 |
becnorris |
yeah i tried meeting with one mom so far
but she lives like an hour away and it
was really just too much for me and my 2
boys |
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16:27:06 |
becnorris |
outside the seattle Wa are |
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16:27:09 |
becnorris |
area |
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16:27:46 |
becnorris |
I have seen that there are sign2me
presenters around here but since i was
not a presenter I didnt think about that |
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16:28:13 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
sorry, i have to run. we are
refinancing and i have to fax something
in. |
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16:28:22 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
I will check out the transcripts for
more info. |
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16:28:25 |
frazzledmomof5boys |
thanks |
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16:30:01 |
WeeHands |
you could definately contact any sign2me
presenter to help organize this!
sign2me offices are in seattle area! |
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16:30:11 |
becnorris |
I will have to check again and contact
them to see. thanks thats a great
idea!! |
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16:30:29 |
ourwiefamily |
unfortunately my computer time ran out
... i'm so glad I got to chat with you
all! |
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16:30:46 |
WeeHands |
http://asl.meetup.com/80/events/4817541/
|
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16:30:51 |
WeeHands |
seattle asl club |
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16:30:57 |
WeeHands |
are you leaving ourwiefamily ? |
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16:31:30 |
ourwiefamily |
yep ... I'm getting behind on my day! |
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16:32:09 |
WeeHands |
great to see you here though! |
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16:32:30 |
ourwiefamily |
i nkow ... I usually miss the chat, so
it was great to actually make it! |
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16:34:40 |
becnorris |
thanks for the ideas! I think I am
going to have to go too |
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16:35:00 |
becnorris |
Limited time with both boys sleepig and
the bills are calling my name |
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16:36:02 |
becnorris |
I will have to set my calander for this
times chat! I can actually chat with
both of them sleeping (most of the time) |
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16:37:08 |
WeeHands |
http://moms.meetup.com/134/ |
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16:37:24 |
WeeHands |
Seattle Moms Meetup Group |
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16:37:39 |
WeeHands |
might be a place to start looking for
families for a signing playgroup |
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16:38:35 |
becnorris |
ok thanks again!! I will check those
out |
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16:39:36 |
WeeHands |
go take a nap if both boys are
sleeping!! :) |
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16:41:19 |
becnorris |
I wish!!! Thats normally what I would
do |
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16:41:40 |
WeeHands |
i need to reboot my computer :( BRB (or
catch you next week) - GO NAP! :D |
