Disclosure: I am a Tommy Nelson Mom. I receive discounted and complimentary items from my connection with this group. All opinions and experiences are entirely my own. Contains affiliate links. One of the most significant concerns in the world of raising a Deaf child is literacy acquisition. Early and consistent exposure to books and other… [Read More]
Sign Development – 12 to 14 Months
Ever have one of those conversations about something that you wish you would have approached differently or that it might have gone a little more smoothly? I had one the other day with a random mother at a birthday party. I was caught off guard when I saw a little girl swimming in the pool… [Read More]
10 Little Things I Love About Breastfeeding
Despite what breastfeeding proponents want you to believe, breastfeeding is hard. The early days weeks are exhausting, painful, frustrating. Your body is not yours, you are still healing from birth and for many of us, you wander zombie like throughout the day in a sopping wet shirt. Regardless of the difficulties, there comes a moment when you… [Read More]
Baby Signs: Expanding the Use of MILK
A couple of weeks ago I shared a video showing Ez’s first intentional sign – MILK. For several weeks he was only using this sign when nursing or just prior to nursing. In the past week, he has started to use the sign to also mean Mom, anything in a cup and when offered other types… [Read More]
Breastfeeding & {First} Baby Signs
Warning: This is a breastfeeding video. Therefore you might see something that you don’t necessarily want to see. So if you are uncomfortable talking about breastfeeding or watching women breastfeed, you should probably stop reading right about now… One of the perks about having a bi-lingual home is that our little guy has been exposed… [Read More]
Is a Cochlear Implant Right for Our Son?
Unless you live under a rock, you have probably seen at least one You Tube video showing a cute little toddler sitting on his mother’s lap while the Mom says the child’s name and an audiologist flips some magic switch turning on the child’s cochlear implant. The child’s face becomes very alert. His eyes dash… [Read More]
Dear Dr. Finnegan, You Were Right, Sometimes I Will Grieve
Our class was in Kenan Hall, in one of the little rooms off the stairway. It was a bright room and the class was one of of my favorites. The assigned book for the class was a pale yellow book entitled, Psychology of Deafness. Despite the fact that most of us showed up in our flip flops… [Read More]
Saturday’s Signs: You’ve Got to Move It!
[Saturday Signs has been on hiatus due to some technical problems – Oh and tiny uncooperative (yet extremely adorable) gremlins. I am happy to be back this week with another installment.] If this is your first edition of Saturday’s Signs or you would like to review previous posts, here are the links to the last 3… [Read More]
Saturday’s Signs: Location, Location, Location
Albeit not exciting, we are going to continue our brief explanation of sign language grammar today with a post on location. As I mentioned last week each sign is made up of a handshape, location and movement. Just like the handshapes we saw last week, most children will automatically use a location that is easy and… [Read More]
Saturday’s Signs: Handshapes
Today we are going to have a mini grammar lesson. I know – groan! However, just like learning English grammar , we need to have some basic understanding of how signs are created in order to replicate and use them. All signs are made up of three parameters: handshape, location and movement. While all three… [Read More]