mamaloo,thedoula
01-16-2007, 09:49 AM
I enjoyed the show.
When I began signing, I started signing with my son at 6 mths. We used three signs that best filled our communication needs: milk (breastfeeding), more and done.
The very first time my son used a sign, during lunch when I asked if he wanted more food, he used the more sign, which in his hands looked like clapping, I almost cried. He was 9 mths old and I felt such a sense of profound relief and freedom that he could actually tell me what he wanted, what he desired. That was a major milestone in our relationship.
A few weeks later, we were lying down nursing and, in the dark, he started pumping his hand in a sort of milking action. At first I didn't realise what it was he was doing, but when it dawned on me that he was telling me that he was nursing, as I had done so many times to him in the preceding mnths. Well, again it was a watershed moment.
I never bothered with books. I went to the ASL website and looked up specific words I wanted to use. I taught my son those signs, figuring that babysigns were the equivalent of baby talk and teaching him actual signs, albeit simple ones, would just be better form.
While, at nearly 4 years old he talks with a bit of a mush mouth, his vocabulary is stunning as is his emotional inflection.
I was intrigued by the comment one of the guest speakers made regarding children unable to effectively communicate as toddlers often act ut their frustration through tantrums. We only had our first tantrum a few months ago and I'm wondering if our good communication, started very early, might have helped us avoid the "terrible twos"? Just a thought, but an intriguing one!
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mamaloo, the doula
Hamilton Birth Revolution
because every birth is a revolution
www.hamiltonbirthrevolution.com
Proudly providing labour and postpartum support to mothers in Hamilton, Ontario.
Read momcast at http://momcast.blogspot.com
When I began signing, I started signing with my son at 6 mths. We used three signs that best filled our communication needs: milk (breastfeeding), more and done.
The very first time my son used a sign, during lunch when I asked if he wanted more food, he used the more sign, which in his hands looked like clapping, I almost cried. He was 9 mths old and I felt such a sense of profound relief and freedom that he could actually tell me what he wanted, what he desired. That was a major milestone in our relationship.
A few weeks later, we were lying down nursing and, in the dark, he started pumping his hand in a sort of milking action. At first I didn't realise what it was he was doing, but when it dawned on me that he was telling me that he was nursing, as I had done so many times to him in the preceding mnths. Well, again it was a watershed moment.
I never bothered with books. I went to the ASL website and looked up specific words I wanted to use. I taught my son those signs, figuring that babysigns were the equivalent of baby talk and teaching him actual signs, albeit simple ones, would just be better form.
While, at nearly 4 years old he talks with a bit of a mush mouth, his vocabulary is stunning as is his emotional inflection.
I was intrigued by the comment one of the guest speakers made regarding children unable to effectively communicate as toddlers often act ut their frustration through tantrums. We only had our first tantrum a few months ago and I'm wondering if our good communication, started very early, might have helped us avoid the "terrible twos"? Just a thought, but an intriguing one!
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mamaloo, the doula
Hamilton Birth Revolution
because every birth is a revolution
www.hamiltonbirthrevolution.com
Proudly providing labour and postpartum support to mothers in Hamilton, Ontario.
Read momcast at http://momcast.blogspot.com