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Playing Softball While Pregnant
I'm debating if I should still sign..." ... I'd say don't bother signing up. For sure, talk to your doctor, but you will find most doctors will be very ...
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- Play all you want. Anything that you do before pregnancy you can continue to do when you are as long as you are healthy. Have fun!!!
- I would sign up, but I would make sure there is a sub in place incase you get pregnant and your Dr says you should stop playing. You can't put your life on hold in ...
- I got pregnant at the end of July in 2006. I was playing co-ed softball from June until August of that year. I just made sure to be careful playing. I think it's re...
Good Videos for a 21 Month Old Toddler on Overseas Flight
We LOVE the Baby Signing Time DVDs. They are wonderful and my daughter has .... I love signing time with my kids too. The episode first signs is a great ...
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- My little boy has love Elmo's World since he was 18 months. He is now two. He could watch it for hours! He also likes Curious George.
- My son 22 months can't get enough of Blue's clues. I love it because it's educational and has taught him so much. Good luck, I honestly can't imagine taking him that far.
- Baby einstien are great. I love signing time with my kids too. The episode first signs is a great place to start. Good luck with your flight. I would go to Italy i...
Sign Language in a Speech-delayed Daughter
Read all 7 responses: "Has anyone been teaching their baby sign language? My daughter is getting speech therapy for mild delay and I was advised to try ...
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- Hi Samarra, I have two children-4 yr boy and 18 mth girl. Since you are fluent I don't want to act like an expert as this attempt at sign language was to ward of...
- We started teaching my daugher sign language when she was around 11 months old, and it took her about a month before she started signing back. I used the book "Sign wi...
- Hi there, I used American sign language with my son who is now 29 months. I started it around the age of your baby, so I am sure it's not too late. I bought Signin...
Wanting to Teach Sign Language
I have a friend who said that teaching her daughter sign language before she was able to talk was helpful She and the daycare taught her things like please ...
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- I did this with my kids and it was great! They did not get as frustrated because they could let me know what they wanted. The moter skills develop faster then the voc...
- I did a party with Discovery Toys one night at a house with an 8 month old and 3 toddlers. We popped in the DVD of Baby Signs. Within 15 minutes all the kids were capt...
- I started teaching my daughter baby sign language at 7 months. It has been wonderful!!! I first took a baby sign language class when I was in college. To find class...
Sign Language
Read all 26 responses: "I am a mother of an active 8 month old son. He is crawling all over the place and taking a few steps already.
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- I used sign language on both my kids one is 3 and one is 18 months. It helped a lot w/ communication my 3 year old would then communicate with my son when we were firs...
- I am an infant/toddler child care provider and I use sign language with the children under my care! It is a great way for them to communicate and feel less frustrated....
- We did sign language with our son who is now 22 months. He really started "getting" it when he was 13 months and learned about 50 signs. I honestly cannot imagine ho...
Baby Sign Language?
Read all 17 responses: "I was wondering if anyone had some information on baby sign language. I understand it is a good way for children to learn to ...
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- My son started at 6 months old and he only learned one or tow signs right away. We went to a baby signs class thru the baby signs institute here in AZ and I just love...
- Hi, Megan. I have done sign language with my sons, now ages 2.5 and 6.5. We started when my second son was about 6 months old and my then 4-year-old really got into ...
- Hi megan, I think teaching sign language to your baby can start as early as 6 months. There is a good book on this topic,but I cant re- member the authors name, but...
Screaming
I agree with signing for toddlers. All three of my kids were screamers, ... I only wished someone had told me about signing with the first so that I didn't ...
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- My daughter did this as well so I truly feel for you. She would do it in public as well and for the first time since being a mom I was getting the "can't you keep your...
- Don't respond to the screaming. Praise her when she "uses her words" to indicate her wants. If you respond to the screaming, it just reinforces the behavior.
- We have five children, ages 15 to 3. What has worked for us is when they scream for something, they DO NOT get what they want. Otherwise, it reinforces the behavior....
Toddler Sucking His Fingers Constantly
Oct 7, 2009 ... It's a book on modified sign language for babies/toddlers. ... I would highly recommend baby signing (there are videos and classes ...
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- I would highly recommend baby signing (there are videos and classes available)to help you all understand each other. It's not hard to learn some basic signs, and I be...
- Are you sure he isn't teething? My 18 month old does this and I notice its when she is teething so I give her a frozen gogurt or something to help with teething.
- Holy Toledo! This drives me NUTS! Our daughter is 18 months and CONSTANTLY scuks on her fingers! As I type this,she's got almost her whole fist in her mouth! She'l...
Starting Sign Language
Read all 12 responses: "My son is 9 months old and seems to be a perfect candidate for sign language. He's very expressive and physically communicative, ...
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- With my daugher I found that she would pick up words more quickly of things she was interested in such as cat and horse.
- There is a fantastic set of videos called Signing Time. It makes sign language fun and easy to learn. Even if your baby doesn't pick it up from the video right away,...
- Someone mentioned earlier www.signingtime.com and all of their signing DVD's are wonderful! My 12 month old daughter can do quite a few signs but I believe that's beca...
Teaching My Baby Sign Language
Read all 25 responses: "I am looking for some feedback from other moms about teaching their kids sign language. My daughter is almost 8 months.
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- I have read children as young as 9 months old can be taught simple signs and I have taken some classes on the subject as well. Sign language has always been an intere...
- M., abosolutey teach your child sign language!! We taught our grandson sign language and because he could communicate what he wanted and we understood, his frustra...
- I have a four year old austistic boy and when I got him at 19 months all he did was scream for everything and it was causing unbelieveable problems like getting kick o...
