Guest guest Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 One of the best early investments we made: go to signingtime.com online to order these excellent videos. Great video series and your son (and the whole family) will have sign vocabulary within the week - probably within the day. Tantrums pretty much were eliminated within 2 weeks of the videos arriving in our house. And we had communication!! Finally we could understand that he wanted juice and not milk - or he wanted to play outside, or couldn't find his shoes etc. Now that he is verbal (we were where you are just 6 months ago) my son uses the signs to help us understand what he is trying to say when the words are not comprehendible. Hope this helps. - [ ] Thank you to everyone-- I feel so much better! And more questions I just wanted to thank everyone for taking the time to write and tell me your stories. Its nice to know you're not alone. Will is still calling me " ma, " but that is better than nothing. He grunts a lot and " uhs " a lot, but there are other sounds too: " da, " " ga, " and this weird " ss " sound that sounds like something he does in the back of his throat and his nose. He has been having more " one word wonders " these past few days, so hopefully that is progress? Last night Will was able to follow a two step request: set your cup down, and hand me the soap (this was from his dad). (On a side note I was considering buying him the straw cups even before reading the posts about that. Those are what my oldest son used first for several months, mainly because I was too cheap to buy the others.) This kid is so smart. Its really frustrating for all of us that he cannot say what he obviously wants to. It is so awful to have to watch him babble away to you like its the most important thing in the world, and you can't understand any of it. When he was just a little baby, we had a hard time (lots of crying) when he couldn't get down in the floor and play with his brother. Things got better when he was about eight months old and started crawling. Now we're going through the same temper tantrums again. Is there a book or better yet a video on the baby signing? He does a very good job of letting us know what he wants now, but anything would help. He holds my finger and pulls me around. He points, and " uhs. " If he's looking at the dishwasher, I'll pick him up and he points out what he wants from the goodies I keep on top. I have noticed quite a bit of talk about pretend play. Just what would qualify as pretend play? Does laying in the floor pushing trucks making truck sounds qualify? I know it would be hard to say an 18 mo had pretend play or not, its just that I can't remember when my oldest son started to pretend. I know this was discussed on different threads, but my oldest son jumps a lot. Every night we have to tell him to quit jumping! He just gets so excited! It makes the whole house shake. We also did not even begin potty training him until he was 3.3 years. It took less than one month, mainly because I think he was ready and not pushed. We bought him some Scooby Doo big boy underwear, and I would take him to the bathroom with me and set him on his potty. Since I was pregnant at the time, I was going about every 15 minutes so for us there was not much of a chance of accidents! LOL! Ok there's my two cents worth. Will is trying to close the door to my computer armoire on me, so I think its time to go! LOL I told you this kid is smart! Godfrey tomary98@... EarthLink Revolves Around You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Try your local PBS station. Ours here in Houston show Signing Times every Sunday morning. Its a half hour program and has a theme. We record it and Devin goes back and watches is all the time. Sometimes even the neighborhood kids come a watch, so they too know what Devin is trying to say. We recently had some good news. Devin has been attending ST through the school district twice a week. And now he is receiving ST two more times a week on the outside and OUR INSURANCE IS COVERING IT. I have been so excited but afraid to celebrate knowing that it could change, but it looks like it will stick, and he should be allowed 100 visits of therapy a year. We started him on fish oil in Nov. And he has been doing great. But i think it is time to increase.. We are having one problem that i am just baffled with. He refuses to get a hair cut. I have two older boys and they had refused and that age, but nothing like this.. My husband had tried to take him in and Devin threw a fit. And they ended up walking out.(And usually he trys to act like a big boy in front of dad). And then at home i tried to talk to him about it and sneek in a cut and he felt it and screamed. Then a couple days later brought him in again and he screamed the whole time. She was able to cut a little. But it is getting long again. And i dont know what to do.. Any Suggestions please... Kim -- In , " " <claudiamorris@...> wrote: > > One of the best early investments we made: go to signingtime.com online to > order these excellent videos. > > Great video series and your son (and the whole family) will have sign > vocabulary within the week - probably within the day. Tantrums pretty much > were eliminated within 2 weeks of the videos arriving in our house. And we > had communication!! Finally we could understand that he wanted juice and > not milk - or he wanted to play outside, or couldn't find his shoes etc. > Now that he is verbal (we were where you are just 6 months ago) my son uses > the signs to help us understand what he is trying to say when the words are > not comprehendible. Hope this helps. - > > > [ ] Thank you to everyone-- I feel so much > better! And more questions > > > I just wanted to thank everyone for taking the time to write and tell me > your stories. Its nice to know you're not alone. Will is still calling me > " ma, " but that is better than nothing. He grunts a lot and " uhs " a lot, but > there are other sounds too: " da, " " ga, " and this weird " ss " sound that > sounds like something he does in the back of his throat and his nose. He has > been having more " one word wonders " these past few days, so hopefully that > is progress? > Last night Will was able to follow a two step request: set your cup > down, and hand me the soap (this was from his dad). (On a side note I was > considering buying him the straw cups even before reading the posts about > that. Those are what my oldest son used first for several months, mainly > because I was too cheap to buy the others.) > This kid is so smart. Its really frustrating for all of us that he > cannot say what he obviously wants to. It is so awful to have to watch him > babble away to you like its the most important thing in the world, and you > can't understand any of it. When he was just a little baby, we had a hard > time (lots of crying) when he couldn't get down in the floor and play with > his brother. Things got better when he was about eight months old and > started crawling. Now we're going through the same temper tantrums again. > Is there a book or better yet a video on the baby signing? He does a > very good job of letting us know what he wants now, but anything would help. > He holds my finger and pulls me around. He points, and " uhs. " If he's > looking at the dishwasher, I'll pick him up and he points out what he wants > from the goodies I keep on top. > I have noticed quite a bit of talk about pretend play. Just what would > qualify as pretend play? Does laying in the floor pushing trucks making > truck sounds qualify? I know it would be hard to say an 18 mo had pretend > play or not, its just that I can't remember when my oldest son started to > pretend. > I know this was discussed on different threads, but my oldest son jumps > a lot. Every night we have to tell him to quit jumping! He just gets so > excited! It makes the whole house shake. We also did not even begin potty > training him until he was 3.3 years. It took less than one month, mainly > because I think he was ready and not pushed. We bought him some Scooby Doo > big boy underwear, and I would take him to the bathroom with me and set him > on his potty. Since I was pregnant at the time, I was going about every 15 > minutes so for us there was not much of a chance of accidents! LOL! Ok > there's my two cents worth. > Will is trying to close the door to my computer armoire on me, so I > think its time to go! LOL I told you this kid is smart! > > > > Godfrey > tomary98@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 The haircut problem is extremely common for kids with sensory problems. We've discussed it on that list before (sensory integration dysfunction). Sometimes just giving the kid a lollipop will work, but sometimes it is much tougher than that. Ben will let his mother cut his hair with scissors but don't try to get near him with clippers! You might want to look at the archives on the Sensory Integration Dysfunction e-mail list. Even if you don't want more e-mail you can sign up and just get the messages on the Internet. Peace, Kathy E. On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:43 AM, kimmy2528 wrote: > > We are having one problem that i am just baffled with. He refuses to > get a hair cut. I have two older boys and they had refused and that > age, but nothing like this.. My husband had tried to take him in and > Devin threw a fit. And they ended up walking out.(And usually he > trys to act like a big boy in front of dad). And then at home i > tried to talk to him about it and sneek in a cut and he felt it and > screamed. Then a couple days later brought him in again and he > screamed the whole time. She was able to cut a little. But it is > getting long again. And i dont know what to do.. Any Suggestions > please... > Kim > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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