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Regression with Sign Language

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DD knows a variety of signs (milk, ball, more, eat, baby, dog, drink, all done, book, etc) which she uses on a regular basis.  However for the past week(ish) she flat our refuses to sign 'more' when eating.  Now she just grunts and points, all while getting frustrated.  And of course that frustrates me because she used to use 'more' all of the time.  Even on skype my parents would sign it with her when she needed more food.

So is this where she stops using signs because she is slowing picking up actual words? Did any of your children do this?

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Re: Regression with Sign Language

  • lindseyrylindseyry

    We signed with Jaek, our grandbaby and with all of my day care infants and toddlers. I usually find them using verbal words at the same time as the signs when in the transition period. I would assume she's maybe just confused or trying to work through other ways of communicating. *I had serious grunting and pointing issues with Jaek.*

    Id say be patient and keep up with the signs.

     

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  • nevr2amazinnevr2amazin
    Peanut goes back and forth. I, only me, made the mistake of buying the Graduates cheese puffs...I didn't ask C. The Kiddos love them...Peanut recognizes the container, and when hidden knows what cabinet I typically keep them in. She used to sign more when being fed, but after a couple of bites she grunts and points to the cabinet...and gets frustrated when not given what she (really) wants. Because of this, there has been a lot more grunting and pointing for other things. I hope it is a segue to saying the word, but it sure does feel like a STANCE is being taken (i.e. the babies are not giving us "more" anymore *smile*).
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    We did a lot of signing - both kids were late talkers (unrelated to signing since we started signing at 18m and they had no words.) Sometimes they did it, sometimes not - but we always reinforced it. Also once they did have words, we didn't accept grunting as a mode of communication. Of course we didn't do that before they were ready, but we didn't want to establish grunting as an acceptable method to get what they wanted.
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  • thiswillbethiswillbe
    I have seen language ebb and flow with our two, especially spoken language. Peanut used to say "milk" and "bagel" in addition to the other words she still says, but those two specific words seem to have disappeared from her vocabulary. Oddly enough, she stopped *saying* "milk" around the time she learned the sign for it. Maybe it goes both ways?
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  • TryingToGrowTryingToGrow
    J is a certified ASL interpreter and teacher so I asked her. She said that she's just confused with trying to speak what she wants and deciding not to sign it. She said just reinforce what she already knows. She said keep signing it because she's grunting and pointing because she knows what It is but is going to try and get It without signing it.
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