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odd signing situation

sunshine336sunshine336 member
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For those that teach signing to their LO's:

Maya picked up "All done" about a month ago but seems to use it for all done, more, and milk.  I will admit that I'm a little forgetful with using "eat" and "more" consistently but whenever I nurse her I do the milk sign several times.  Usually she just does "all done" and screams for me to whip it out.

 It makes me think that she Isn't equating the "all done" sign with its meaning, but as more like something that means, "hey, I'm screaming here- give me what I want!" 

Anyone else have a similar situation?  

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  • LollyBug18LollyBug18 member
    Sort of...Emma seems to say "milk" for everything. And by everything I just mean actual milk and "more". I got super lazy with the signing and those are the only two I kept at. She will sometimes sign "more" but it's definitely a clap instead of tapping her fingers together so I'm not always sure if she really wants more or if she's just clapping.
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  • jcsumm0jcsumm0 member

    I wonder if maybe it is a step toward learning the specific signs.  I've just been doing 3 signs:  nurse, all done, and more.  She's done all 3 of them a few times appropriately, but more often it seems like she's just trying different motions to communicate that she wants something.  She was clearly hungry just before dinner the other day and she was waving her arms all around and doing "sort of" versions of the signs.  My husband asked if she was going to steal 2nd, lol.

    Anyway, I read in a book recently that babies with deaf parents "babble" in sign language by waving their hands in the specific area in front of their body where you sign.  So I wonder if our babies are sort of doing the same thing.

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  • AshleyPTAshleyPT member
    imagejcsumm0:

    Anyway, I read in a book recently that babies with deaf parents "babble" in sign language by waving their hands in the specific area in front of their body where you sign.  So I wonder if our babies are sort of doing the same thing.

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  • AlyciaandRichAlyciaandRich member
    Yes ds used to sign milk for everything. He now signs milk, more, dog, all done, and eat for more specific things. If I don't give him what he wants he will sometimes go through all then signs he knows like he is saying hey look at me give me what I want. 

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  • hajskihajski
    DD used to do "more" perfectly, then it turned into a clap with the babysitters. Now she just claps 2 times for more and pretty much for anything she wants. She does all done, but it is just waving her hands above her head. She sometimes does eat.
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