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Was there a mommy here
who was doing or planning on doing ASL with their kid/s? D&M maybe? I was just wondering how that was going.
I checked a book out at the library and it said to start around 6 months, and usually a month later you'll start to see them signing. I'm impatient to start but know I'll also be impatient to see him sign and I have to wait for him to get some control over his hands first!
Re: Was there a mommy here
I bought the book but haven't busted it out yet. I have been so busy with the move I haven't had time for anything.
Will it work if I only work with him on weeknights and on the weekends, or is this something that needs to be done all day everyday with him?
I just wonder if it will be worth it if daycare doesn't do it too...
One of my best friends does this with her baby (she used a book and 2 videos). It is so cool! She started at 10 months and this is her baby signing at 13 months:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmyhrJoWGQY
I think the best thing about her daughter being able to sign is that she doesn't whine very much b/c she can just communicate.
TTC September 2010 thru October 2011
SA February 2011: Normal
RE App. October 2011 - Recc. Clomid and IUI
Taking a break from TTC to pursue adoption
Met our 2 year old son in Russia July 2012!
Court trip October 2012
Home November 24 2012!
adoption blog: addingaburden.com
We did the basics of milk, more, and eat. I tried a few more with Allison but didn't keep up with it on a regular basis. However, what did happen was that she communicates a lot with her own signs. She is very good at "playing charades"
Allison was a little slower to talk; she just is now really starting to talk more at age three. As an outsider people could look at the situation and think
a) siging or using her hands slowed her development because she did that instead of using words
b) learning to make her own signs was great and helped the situation because I could for the most part understand what she wanted.
I look at it as B.
For now I would just start with milk and use that sign whenever you feed him. Once he gets more activitive and esp when he moves on to puffs or cherrios, that is an easy way to each him the sign for more. Just give him one at a time and sign more and give him another.