Showing posts with label signing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label signing. Show all posts
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Maddie Signing More
Ok, so I realize that many babies sign... but I just still think it is super cute and awesome that she does it. :) Total Mom syndrome..
Anyhow, she really figured out how to use this sign to get what she wants. This video isn't super impressive cause I am asking her to do it for the camera, it is way more impressive when she just does the sign on her own without prompting. But I just think it is cute, and wanted to show it off. :) Plus, I love watching her eat, it makes me smile. She is eating up some grilled cheese- one of her favorite foods!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
SLEEP
Oh geez, sleeping has been interesting that past two weeks.
Maddie is going through a lot of changes, you know, being so much more mobile and active, and I feel like her little mind is just always going. She is also cutting teeth which I think has not helped the sleep issue. Plus, last week Daddy was out of town, and she needs her Daddy time or she is just NOT the same.
I am trying to be compassionate, yet firm as to not create any new habits that DJ and I do not want to form- i.e. sleeping in our bed as a permanent thing. So, last night was a night that I knew she was feeling fine. Sometimes she had a bit of a fever, or pulled on her ears, etc. Things that made me think she was not 100%. Well last night DJ put her down to bed and she slept there for a good hour. Then woke up. I could tell that her cry was a half-asleep cry, so I did not go into her room, for fear of waking her up more. Well there would be long silences with a bit of crying. DJ and I both knew this meant she was sitting up... and falling asleep while sitting up. One time DJ went in to lay her down. But she gets right up again. Then I went in a bit later and here is the super sad, and kinda funny part. I want to take a pic of this.. but I swear, it looks so sad, I can't actually take the pic. She is sitting up, but has obviously fallen over from falling asleep... so she is bent at the waist, and is usually laying down with her head on her bumper. I went in and gently laid her down and she didn't get back up... yay. :) She stayed asleep until DJ got up this morning. THen I brought her into bed with me and she fell back asleep until 9. That is about the only good thing about her sleeping in bed with us... she sleeps in very long. At least 9:00 :). Hence why I was happy to have her come into bed with me this morning.
She is eating so much big girl food now. Last night DJ and I went to Logans for dinner and she pigged out on my Mac and Cheese side dish! I couldn't them up fast enough for her. She also wouldn't take anymore potatoes after I gave her the Mac and cheese!
She is now doing the sign for "More" and "Eat" It is SUPER cute. I think everyone should teach their children sign language... JUST to see how super smart they are so early on! Sometimes when she does the sign for "More" she doesn't get it just righ, and I swear it is like she realizes that she is not doing it right. One time, I swear it was like she shook her head like No, that is not right. Or she will start to do it and it isn't right, she stops and does something else like put her hand on her head like, "I wasn't trying to say more, I swear" IT cracks me up. And then, when she is doing it very well, she is so proud about it. Huge smile on her face, and she does it with much force and pride. Hands right out in front of her, dramatic motions. I think I might have a perfectionist on my hands!
She also barks when you ask her what our Dog says.. or if she hears him, or other dogs in the neighborhood bark for that matter. NOW, it is not a super perfect "Wolf, Wolf" But she raises her chest and makes this noise, and I know what it means, and it makes me smile every time she does it. Maxim barks to be let in, and sometimes I tune him out. Then she will look at me and "bark" and I think, oh, right, Max wants in.
Still here thinking BLUE for today! :)
Maddie is going through a lot of changes, you know, being so much more mobile and active, and I feel like her little mind is just always going. She is also cutting teeth which I think has not helped the sleep issue. Plus, last week Daddy was out of town, and she needs her Daddy time or she is just NOT the same.
I am trying to be compassionate, yet firm as to not create any new habits that DJ and I do not want to form- i.e. sleeping in our bed as a permanent thing. So, last night was a night that I knew she was feeling fine. Sometimes she had a bit of a fever, or pulled on her ears, etc. Things that made me think she was not 100%. Well last night DJ put her down to bed and she slept there for a good hour. Then woke up. I could tell that her cry was a half-asleep cry, so I did not go into her room, for fear of waking her up more. Well there would be long silences with a bit of crying. DJ and I both knew this meant she was sitting up... and falling asleep while sitting up. One time DJ went in to lay her down. But she gets right up again. Then I went in a bit later and here is the super sad, and kinda funny part. I want to take a pic of this.. but I swear, it looks so sad, I can't actually take the pic. She is sitting up, but has obviously fallen over from falling asleep... so she is bent at the waist, and is usually laying down with her head on her bumper. I went in and gently laid her down and she didn't get back up... yay. :) She stayed asleep until DJ got up this morning. THen I brought her into bed with me and she fell back asleep until 9. That is about the only good thing about her sleeping in bed with us... she sleeps in very long. At least 9:00 :). Hence why I was happy to have her come into bed with me this morning.
She is eating so much big girl food now. Last night DJ and I went to Logans for dinner and she pigged out on my Mac and Cheese side dish! I couldn't them up fast enough for her. She also wouldn't take anymore potatoes after I gave her the Mac and cheese!
She is now doing the sign for "More" and "Eat" It is SUPER cute. I think everyone should teach their children sign language... JUST to see how super smart they are so early on! Sometimes when she does the sign for "More" she doesn't get it just righ, and I swear it is like she realizes that she is not doing it right. One time, I swear it was like she shook her head like No, that is not right. Or she will start to do it and it isn't right, she stops and does something else like put her hand on her head like, "I wasn't trying to say more, I swear" IT cracks me up. And then, when she is doing it very well, she is so proud about it. Huge smile on her face, and she does it with much force and pride. Hands right out in front of her, dramatic motions. I think I might have a perfectionist on my hands!
She also barks when you ask her what our Dog says.. or if she hears him, or other dogs in the neighborhood bark for that matter. NOW, it is not a super perfect "Wolf, Wolf" But she raises her chest and makes this noise, and I know what it means, and it makes me smile every time she does it. Maxim barks to be let in, and sometimes I tune him out. Then she will look at me and "bark" and I think, oh, right, Max wants in.
Still here thinking BLUE for today! :)
Saturday, December 15, 2007
SO SO SO Proud!!
I am so proud and excited right now. I am ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE Maddie signed milk. I know I told most of you this before and I posted about it on BBC and my facebook group. And I now am even more sure she had done it before when I was talking about it.
Tonight she started to try to sit up so I took the baba away from her and put it on the table in front of us. Of course she keeps her eye on it. And she is flailing her arms and I can tell she is telling me that she wants the baba back. Then I say what do you want, do you want the baba?? And I do the sign. Sure enough- her left hand (same one she used before) starts doing the sign (this time the hand closes all at once, whereas before it was more in a fanning motion.) She opened and closed three times, and I of course shout out "Shes doing it, shes doing it, and I quickly give her the baba to show her I understand she did it. DJ acknowledges that she is doing the sign, but of course in his typical negative fashion says "are you sure she knows what she means?" I am like "YES, she knows what she means!!"
I also just remembered tonight that in the book I read it said that they might do the sign once and then not do it again for another few weeks. So I thought she did it about 3 weeks ago, and then kept trying to pull it out of her and she never did it again. So I started to doubt myself. But I am sure she did a beginner version of it.
It feels good to have something I worked hard at pay off. But, this just reminds me that I need to start with other signs that I have been slacking off on. I have started using, but haven't used regularly, dog, eat, more, all done and diaper change.
Tonight she started to try to sit up so I took the baba away from her and put it on the table in front of us. Of course she keeps her eye on it. And she is flailing her arms and I can tell she is telling me that she wants the baba back. Then I say what do you want, do you want the baba?? And I do the sign. Sure enough- her left hand (same one she used before) starts doing the sign (this time the hand closes all at once, whereas before it was more in a fanning motion.) She opened and closed three times, and I of course shout out "Shes doing it, shes doing it, and I quickly give her the baba to show her I understand she did it. DJ acknowledges that she is doing the sign, but of course in his typical negative fashion says "are you sure she knows what she means?" I am like "YES, she knows what she means!!"
I also just remembered tonight that in the book I read it said that they might do the sign once and then not do it again for another few weeks. So I thought she did it about 3 weeks ago, and then kept trying to pull it out of her and she never did it again. So I started to doubt myself. But I am sure she did a beginner version of it.
It feels good to have something I worked hard at pay off. But, this just reminds me that I need to start with other signs that I have been slacking off on. I have started using, but haven't used regularly, dog, eat, more, all done and diaper change.
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