Mommas who are signing...

noryang

How is it going? What signs are you using and how is LO doing with them?

I consistently use the signs for milk, water a diaper. She definitely recognizes these as I consistently see a change in her mood when I sign milk and water. I am not as good about using food or dog. I never remember to sign mama, more or all done. She hasn't tried to sign any back yet but I didn't expect her to for another month or so - at the earliest. I do love doing it though. Even if other people look at me like I am nuts.

HattieLove

Right now I'm signing for "food" "all done" and "sleep" and that's it. I figured I'll add some more when she gets it a little better. She doesn't show any indication of recognizing the signs and definitely isn't signing back, but I'm having fun! And it will be so rewarding when she learns how to do it herself. 

noryang

HattieLove:

Right now I'm signing for "food" "all done" and "sleep" and that's it. I figured I'll add some more when she gets it a little better. She doesn't show any indication of recognizing the signs and definitely isn't signing back, but I'm having fun! And it will be so rewarding when she learns how to do it herself. 

My voracious nurser took about three days to react to milk. Try that one. You might see a reaction quickly. It is kind of magical when you realize that get you.

kristin172429

I think it is fun!  He is starting to recognize or react to "milk" and he thinks "all done" is funny.  I have been doing the signs for milk, eat, more, and all done pretty consistently.  I try and remember to do mommy and daddy, but I forget all the time!  DH is totally doubting it will work.  I say it is worth a shot to see if he will learn the signs, plus it can supposedly enhance their language skills.  Plus, it is kinda cool knowing a tiny bit of sign language.

Once I feel like i am remembering these signs, I want to try and add more, but I'm learning, too, so we'll see how much I can retain to be able to teach him.

HattieLove

Yeah, I should definitely try that one. She gets all excited when she hears the clip of my nursing bra :-) It makes me laugh every time. 

Should I use milk to just refer to breastfeeding, or to refer to pumped milk in a bottle too?  

noryang

HattieLove:

Yeah, I should definitely try that one. She gets all excited when she hears the clip of my nursing bra :-) It makes me laugh every time. 

Should I use milk to just refer to breastfeeding, or to refer to pumped milk in a bottle too?  

I think it is personal preference. Maybe start with whichever one is her favorite.

noryang

kristin172429:

I think it is fun!  He is starting to recognize or react to "milk" and he thinks "all done" is funny.  I have been doing the signs for milk, eat, more, and all done pretty consistently.  I try and remember to do mommy and daddy, but I forget all the time!  DH is totally doubting it will work.  I say it is worth a shot to see if he will learn the signs, plus it can supposedly enhance their language skills.  Plus, it is kinda cool knowing a tiny bit of sign language.

Once I feel like i am remembering these signs, I want to try and add more, but I'm learning, too, so we'll see how much I can retain to be able to teach him.

DH was a totally skeptic too. Until he saw her go from very pissed to smiling when I made the milk sign. Right around the third time he relented and decided that maybe there was something to it.

jju_stb_jju

So far ds has learned to use milk, more, food, Mom, and dad. We are adding in for diaper change and sleep and once he gets those we will add another two at a time. It's been going pretty good so far!!

MollySm

Lucia doesn't sign them herself, but I consistently sign more, drink, mom, dad, all done, eat, book, dog, cat, sleepy, help and thank you.  I sign other words but I'm not as good at being consistent with them.  I enjoy doing it.  I've done it with several other children that I've nannied for, and it's fun to see them use the signs.  Even now that she speaks (constantly), the 2 year old I currently care for signs all of these, and she loves signing with the babies (Lucia and her little sister)!

pinkshades05

Wow, how do you know all of these signs? We haven't done any signing, but maybe I should start!

mrsp+3

We just do mommy, daddy, milk, eat, and more.  I'll admit that I'm not very consistent.  I need to pick up the pace!  I don't know "all done," but that would be useful.  Off to look it up!

 

cheese.fiend

I want to so badly to make signing part of our day but I always forget! I do consistently sign "more" and "finished" when she's eating solids, so I guess it's a start. I also know milk, please, thank you, and bath. I need to remember to do them!!

n8swife

We do milk, eat and more consistently. He definitely understands them because he'll get really excited when we sign them. We also do please, thank you, sleep, all done and dog but not on a consistent basis. Hopefully we'll get a little more consistent with those as well.

naturegal79

We are doing milk, drink, more, eat, all done and sleep. We keep forgetting mommy and daddy too but I think  he has enough to learn for now. Once he starts picking things up, we will add more. Our DC is cool though because they practice with him too (so they say). We told my MIL that the sign for Grandmother is an L(using thumb and index finger) over her forhead.... Yep.. for LOSER!!  So now she walks around the house with the symbol on her forehead...  HAHAHA!!!

88eve88

naturegal79:

We told my MIL that the sign for Grandmother is an L(using thumb and index finger) over her forhead.... Yep.. for LOSER!!  So now she walks around the house with the symbol on her forehead...  HAHAHA!!!

I burst out laughing with this one ... that is way too funny!!   BAHAHAHAHA!

I've been using the signs for "more", "finished" and "milk".  I know I need to be more consistent though.  Once we have those down pat, I'd like to add "mom", "dad" and "sleep" to the mix. 

jmccall79

I started "milk" and "eat" about 2 weeks ago.  He thinks "eat" is funny and laughs every time.  He definitely responds to me saying "milk" and "eat" now.  I will probably start using just the "signs" soon to see what he does.  I figured we would start small, with the important things, lol, and go from there.

bikitybinx

naturegal79:

We are doing milk, drink, more, eat, all done and sleep. We keep forgetting mommy and daddy too but I think  he has enough to learn for now. Once he starts picking things up, we will add more. Our DC is cool though because they practice with him too (so they say). We told my MIL that the sign for Grandmother is an L(using thumb and index finger) over her forhead.... Yep.. for LOSER!!  So now she walks around the house with the symbol on her forehead...  HAHAHA!!!

OMG this is hilarious!! so RUDE!!! so evil!  >=}

I have been doing milk, more and mommy consistently.  She gets excited when she sees me do milk, doesn't really react to the others.  I've tried to do change but I keep forgetting to do it.  Daddy rarely signs daddy so I think that is a lost cause.  Now that I am giving solids maybe I will start doing eat.   

She's not signing back yet, but I'm not expecting her to for at least another month 

Backpacc

I sign hungry, all done, more, mama, daddy, and toilet. I am pretty bad about doing most of them consistently but I do sign all done after most meals. My LO loves that sign because it means it's snuggle or playtime next haha

SapphireDreamRock

kristin172429:

I think it is fun! nbsp;He is starting to recognize or react to "milk" and he thinks "all done" is funny. nbsp;I have been doing the signs for milk, eat, more, and all done pretty consistently. nbsp;I try and remember to do mommy and daddy, but I forget all the time! nbsp;DH is totally doubting it will work. nbsp;I say it is worth a shot to see if he will learn the signs, plus it can supposedly enhance their language skills. nbsp;Plus, it is kinda cool knowing a tiny bit of sign language.Once I feel like i am remembering these signs, I want to try and add more, but I'm learning, too, so we'll see how much I can retain to be able to teach him.

DD laughs every time I sign "all done" as well! Cracks me up.