Clara's Signs
I think she's up to about 30 now. Not all of them are perfect, but I can certainly tell what she's trying to tell me. Since Robert has been visiting, he's been able to understand her completely. SO that's fun. Here are her signs so far in no particular order.
Baby
All Done
Food
Hot (like her food is hot)
More
Please
Help
Up
Down
Potty
Poop
Book
Ball
Hat
Mommy/Daddy (she hasn't quite got the chin/forehead areas down yet, but she uses them in the right context)
Bath
Airplane
Car
Chair
Apple
Milk (sometimes she'll get water, but it can look a lot like mommy)
Dog
Cat
Tiger (Cat is one finger, tiger is lots)
Bird/Chicken (its the same sign for lots of stuff. Penguins, toucans, bascially anything with a beak)
Duck (looks a lot like bird/chicken)
Monkey
Fish
Horse/Rabbit (She can't quite turn her hand forward for Horse and backwards for rabbit,, but she know what hte animals look like)
Alligator
Worm
Fly (she made this sign up on her own becuase she kept seeing me swat flies away with my hand, so she started waving her hand around and I dind't understand her. She pointed to a fly on teh wall and started waving her arm again and I laughed and said "Yeah! That IS a fly! and waved my arm back at her like I was swatting one away : )
Flower
Tree
Bed/Sleep
Kiss
Shoes
Socks
Clean Up
Phone
Hear (she points to her ear whenever she hears anything. If she hears frankie barking she points to her ear and signs "dog" or signs duck or car or whatever it is she hears. If she doesn't know the sign she just points to her ear and looks at me)
She also knows "eye" "nose" "feet" "hand" and "teeth" when she sees them in the book or on a stuffed animal or if I ask her where they are.
As far as verbal communication is concerend, we're not there yet : ) But she deosn't screech and she'll put words together like "more food" or "Up please" or "hear cat" and sometimes I'll encourage her and she'll use three in a row like "more food please" or something like that.
And stuff I don't give her signs for she still undetsands, like "soft" and "put it back". . . . not that she listens, but I know she understands! : )
She also likes ot push buttons. She pushes them n the toilet to start and stop the bidet, turn on and off the heater in the living room, and today she just walked up to the computer with an I Love Lucy DVD case in her hand and pointed to it. I said "Waht do you want?" and she pushed the DVD drive button, so I put on the Lucy DVD and she got all excited and started dancing to the theme! HAhahahaha!
Baby
All Done
Food
Hot (like her food is hot)
More
Please
Help
Up
Down
Potty
Poop
Book
Ball
Hat
Mommy/Daddy (she hasn't quite got the chin/forehead areas down yet, but she uses them in the right context)
Bath
Airplane
Car
Chair
Apple
Milk (sometimes she'll get water, but it can look a lot like mommy)
Dog
Cat
Tiger (Cat is one finger, tiger is lots)
Bird/Chicken (its the same sign for lots of stuff. Penguins, toucans, bascially anything with a beak)
Duck (looks a lot like bird/chicken)
Monkey
Fish
Horse/Rabbit (She can't quite turn her hand forward for Horse and backwards for rabbit,, but she know what hte animals look like)
Alligator
Worm
Fly (she made this sign up on her own becuase she kept seeing me swat flies away with my hand, so she started waving her hand around and I dind't understand her. She pointed to a fly on teh wall and started waving her arm again and I laughed and said "Yeah! That IS a fly! and waved my arm back at her like I was swatting one away : )
Flower
Tree
Bed/Sleep
Kiss
Shoes
Socks
Clean Up
Phone
Hear (she points to her ear whenever she hears anything. If she hears frankie barking she points to her ear and signs "dog" or signs duck or car or whatever it is she hears. If she doesn't know the sign she just points to her ear and looks at me)
She also knows "eye" "nose" "feet" "hand" and "teeth" when she sees them in the book or on a stuffed animal or if I ask her where they are.
As far as verbal communication is concerend, we're not there yet : ) But she deosn't screech and she'll put words together like "more food" or "Up please" or "hear cat" and sometimes I'll encourage her and she'll use three in a row like "more food please" or something like that.
And stuff I don't give her signs for she still undetsands, like "soft" and "put it back". . . . not that she listens, but I know she understands! : )
She also likes ot push buttons. She pushes them n the toilet to start and stop the bidet, turn on and off the heater in the living room, and today she just walked up to the computer with an I Love Lucy DVD case in her hand and pointed to it. I said "Waht do you want?" and she pushed the DVD drive button, so I put on the Lucy DVD and she got all excited and started dancing to the theme! HAhahahaha!
