Let the teething side effects begin! My daughter has started drooling and producing boogers at an alarming rate! I undertand this is all side effects from the process of teething, but it's still a mess! My first instinct was that she had a cold when I saw all of this pouring out of her.
So, now is the time where I tell you that I wish she had a sign to use to tell me the difference between 2 things. I would like to be able to use the sign for PAIN or HURT. I wish she was able to tell me if her teeth are hurting her so that I can put some Infant Oragel on there to ease her suffering. But, what I would like even more is to begin the process of introducing the sign for OR. In this regard I am deviating a bit from The Baby Signs Program, and probably getting way ahead of myself. But, in order for her to begin the language learning process, she has to see the language happening in front of her consistently. So, as if I have become a human scale and my 2 hands hold the objects to be weighed, I will sign HURT near her mouth as I turn slightly to the left, and the turn slightly to the right and sign HURT again but this time near my nose. This poses the question.....does your nose hurt or do your teeth hurt? Her response would only need to be a pointed finger at her nose or her teeth, so she may respond to this type of question sooner than you would think. This question uses a slight body shift to differentiate between 2 things. This is a technique used when using American Sign Language.
So, for now, it's still a guessing game. I will continue signing to her consistently and patiently await my response. She is coming up on the 6 month mark which is where some deaf children begin to "babble" in sign language when they are raised in a deaf environment. That means American Sign Language is used in the home as the primary form of communication. My daughter may be a bit behind that rate of advancement, but I have faith in her! My little signing superstar has a lot to say, I'm sure of it.
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