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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #315 on: June 29, 2011, 11:44:09 am »
On the other hand, teaching a wide variety of foods will help if your child wants a snack and you pop him in his high chair and hand him some yogurt, but he prefers cheese at that time.  Instead of an outright refusal of yogurt and eating, he can tell you cheese instead, kwim?


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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #316 on: June 29, 2011, 11:49:12 am »
On the other hand, teaching a wide variety of foods will help if your child wants a snack and you pop him in his high chair and hand him some yogurt, but he prefers cheese at that time.  Instead of an outright refusal of yogurt and eating, he can tell you cheese instead, kwim?
that's a good point - I guess didn't consider it as Murray was happy eating anything! I suppose you teach them signs you want them to know and avoid the treat ones!
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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #317 on: June 29, 2011, 15:13:07 pm »
On the other hand, teaching a wide variety of foods will help if your child wants a snack and you pop him in his high chair and hand him some yogurt, but he prefers cheese at that time.  Instead of an outright refusal of yogurt and eating, he can tell you cheese instead, kwim?
that's a good point - I guess didn't consider it as Murray was happy eating anything! I suppose you teach them signs you want them to know and avoid the treat ones!
Oh yes. I just meant I agreed that I regret teaching Cadan biscuit as I now have to deal with requests for them and I don't really like him to have them. It is definitely worth teaching a variety of other foods so they can communicate with you about what they want.
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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #318 on: June 29, 2011, 21:02:54 pm »
Interesting about the bilingual as K is too but The SLT actually said it is a perfectly normal developmental phase at 2yr and up to 3yrs even. Saying that since I have asked K seems to have stopped doing it much at all - maybe he heard me!
 

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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #319 on: July 04, 2011, 17:19:03 pm »
This might be a silly question, but how do I know if LO is (finally!) signing milk or just playing with her hand?  Or overgeneralizing?  She does it a lot now in her high chair and I've been getting her out and nursing her when she does, but maybe she just means food?  Or nothing at all and I'm just extra excited? LOL

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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #320 on: July 04, 2011, 17:47:24 pm »
signs become clearer as their dexterity improves so she may be signing :)  Murray used to clap whenever I changed his nappy (around 6 months old) and it was only when he started signing "light" I realised that the clapping was actually the "change" sign!!
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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #321 on: July 20, 2011, 21:37:38 pm »
I keep meaning to ask do you guys still sign while you are reading?

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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #322 on: July 21, 2011, 01:27:04 am »
I did  :)


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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #323 on: July 21, 2011, 10:08:02 am »
Yes I did sign while reading then once DS became more proficient at signing I would ask him to show me the sign for various things in the books we were reading, now days we don't sign while reading.

Anyone miss the signs as LOs start talking. I loved my DSs sign for monkey but now he says the word he doesn't do the sign anymore, boo hoo



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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #324 on: July 21, 2011, 11:48:00 am »
I love when k does that too. I do miss his signs now he is talking well.

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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #325 on: July 22, 2011, 01:22:51 am »
I do miss his signs now he is talking well.

Me too! We're not really signing at all over here anymore. I miss it.  Can't wait to start with Miss Grace - soon for sure!
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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #326 on: July 22, 2011, 01:46:25 am »
Over here too. DS can say so many words I don't even bother with teaching him any new signs. He stills signs a few of the core words that he started out with even though he says them too (I think it is so ingrained that he just automatically associates the item with the sign). I love the signing so much and am sad to see them slowly disappearing. I was on the mysmarthands site and Laura the founder encourages everyone to keep signing even when the kids can talk. Do any of you do that? Is there any point?
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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #327 on: July 22, 2011, 06:01:09 am »
I guess its a good idea because I really think it helps build vocab...but we haven't done any new signs either, maybe i will...



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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #328 on: July 22, 2011, 09:04:13 am »
I'm going to keep signing with DS when he's talking, as I think it will be very useful if he's unwell and has a sore throat and can't talk - at least he can tell me what he wants then  ;)

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Re: Baby Sign Language Thread #3
« Reply #329 on: July 22, 2011, 12:42:47 pm »
Or if you're in a crowded room and want to have a private conversation!
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