| pictures! |
[Jul. 24th, 2008|02:44 pm] |
I got home from visiting other town. *Finally* It is good feel to be home, in my own space and everything. Anyway, thanks for advice abt how to post pictures.
I need more friends on my journal, anyone? :) |
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| Update infos |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|10:13 pm] |
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Hello everyone!!
I posted an entry like age ago! I want to update with my pregnancy and baby. Good news, I am no longer pregnancy, whew... I miss wear my old clothes. My daughter is born on May 19th instead of May 17th. I was almost 41 weeks pregnant and doctor was planning to induce it. I gave a natural birth (without epi and etc). My daughter weight 7.7 and 19 half long.
Now, she is 2 months old. She started to hold her neck still and move forward where she want to see. She is very alert baby and love to see new things around her. So, I decided to print lot of black , white, red outline shapes photo and put it up on the wall where the crib is. (I should take pic so you can get an idea). Recently, she got vaccines and it was hard on me to see her cry. She weight 13.2 (what a big baby).
I made a mei tai carrier for her but she doesnt like it. I think I have to wait till she is little older like 5 to 6 months old to use mei tai carrier. I like my first one but wanna to make other one.
I would post pictures of her but I seem couldnt post picture without show the link. Any suggest?? |
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| Milk! |
[May. 20th, 2008|07:13 pm] |
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OMG, my DD, Jeni, finally signed "milk!" She's going to be 1 year old within 2 weeks soon. She has been picking up a lot of words in sign language, but the word "milk." I didn't know why, especially when I've been nursing her so frequently even to this day, and every time I nursed her, I signed "milk" hoping that she'll sign it. Today, she was walking toward me and signed "milk" and started to pull my shirt up. Finally, she got it! |
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[Apr. 4th, 2008|09:54 am] |
two things...
I use the sonic alert system to wake me up if jude cries in the middle of the night. my ancient clock's vibrator kicked the bucket so I seized the chance to upgrade to their insanely adorable sweetheart model ($36 w/ free shipping off amazon!). when the clock arrived, my excitement turned into horror and disappointment, because it does NOT come with a built in recivever. the situation was resolved after a few rounds of email tag with a rep from sonic alert... so if you're planning on getting a new sonic alert clock, the SB1000 model is the only one with a built-in recivever.
and I've got a question...
we moved to an apartment complex and my five year old has been making new friends. it's awkard for me, because his playmates will come up to me and try to talk to me. my son will tell them that "mommy cannot hear, she talks with her hands" but I do not think that a five year old child would really understand and it shows, because they continue talking to me. it's awkard for me, because what am I supposed to do other than smile blankly at them?!? I do not really like the idea of my son having to interpret for me, so it makes me sad when I see him trying to explain why his mommy doesn't talk to his playmates without any results. pointing to my ears and shaking my head doesn't always work... what else can I do that will not require my son taking the role as an interpreter? |
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| A New Member :) |
[Mar. 31st, 2008|12:13 am] |
Name: Leang
Age: Just turned 25 on the 29th
Location: Fairfield, CA
Job: Full time student/full time mommy
Children and Ages: Jeni, will be 10 months old on the 1st
Hobbies: Snowboarding, photography, scrapbooking, reading, outdoor activities, etc
More about me: For the most of my life, I grew up in Sacramento, CA and attended hearing elementary schools with DHOH program. Then I went to hearing middle school and high school without DHOH program. I was the only deaf student there 'cause my parents wanted me to attend same school with my brother who was 10 months younger than me, instead of going to school with DHOH program that was so far away from home. I was the first child, so of course they didn't want me to go away to Fremont school. However, I managed to convince my parents to allow my youngest brother, who is also deaf, to go to Fremont for school. Anyway, I'm engaged to Jeni's father, who is hearing. We have been best friends since our freshman year in high school, and became together romantically after we both graduated from high school. Now we have a daughter together. I live for that baby girl.
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| I hope ya'll dont mind for this post |
[Jan. 10th, 2008|04:04 pm] |
I wanted to share with every of you with my DIY project that I made for myself and my baby.
If you have any good advices for some of these items, I would like to hear it. :D
Oh plus if this post is not allow, please feel free delete it. I understand.
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| baby cry alarm |
[Jan. 6th, 2008|07:46 pm] |
I have been looking for baby cry alarm and I do not see anything that I like or need. I am heavy sleeper, I need vibe hooked up to baby cry alarm so I can wake up during night time. I have been to harris communicate and other several online store... they dont have any vibe just flasher.
Any suggest??
If you have one that I would need. I would buy from you (at used price).
Thanks!! |
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| YAY for newbie |
[Jan. 2nd, 2008|04:16 pm] |
Name: Lisa
Age: 23
Location: Texas
Job: own a online craft business and a full time student major in fashion design and textile
Children and Ages: my baby will be due on may 17th
Hobbies: craft, sew, painting, photography, and more.
More about me: I am 5 months pregnant and very exiciting about it. I have a wonderful husband who is hearing and into music. I enjoy make my own stuff, I made my first diaper bag that match my style as artist. I am planning to make my own bibs, baby clothes, toys, shoes, and some other small stuff. I hope to get meet every of you! :)
Pictures: (You can post pictures of you and/or your children. Don't forget to use a LJ-cut)
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| Teething perhaps? |
[Dec. 11th, 2007|03:21 pm] |
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Hey everyone
My son seems to be drooling tons and tons lately and wanting to suck on his pacifer lots or on his hand or anything. Is it possible he could be teething? Any ideas? I've read that it can start as early as 3 months. He's 3 months and 9 days old. |
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| Spitting up through the nose |
[Nov. 29th, 2007|07:29 pm] |
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My son has been spitting up a few times through his nose and then when that happens he arches his back big time which freaks me out because he coughs and tries to breathe. I've read that this could be too much food for him eating or due to the bottle or too much bouncing. Anyone out there has experienced this and come up with solutions? I am planning on calling the doctor tomorrow. He will be 3 months old on Dec. 2nd. |
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| growth spurts? |
[Nov. 13th, 2007|03:19 pm] |
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It seems lately my son wants to eat all the time and eat lots...he's about 2 months and 3 weeks old. Just having an insane moment here as usual..like all mom's go through..just felt like typing this out. Any good tips out there? |
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| story time |
[Nov. 7th, 2007|01:07 pm] |
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my 3 mo old DD, cassandra does a mini baby flip-out full of laughter and smiles and squeals when i sign Aesop's to her in full ASL with all the facial expressions and space placement and question-answer mode like "see door? (nod-nod) knock!". she really doesnt respond well when i read out loud to her, or use english-based signing. only ASL for the bebe. haha. i suppose its just naturally more visually entertaining, but i thought it was neat. shes thoroughly entertained, even more so than if i am making random nonlinguistic faces like sticking out tongue or raspberries.
another upside is signing asl really simplifies and clarifies these stories, keeps her attention longer. |
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| Baby/toddler signing |
[Oct. 20th, 2007|11:20 am] |
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I'm curious if and how your children sign. When did they start? Did you follow any "instructions" or did you just wing it and do what came naturally?
It always amuses me to hear about how hearing people teach their babies "baby sign." At the risk of sounding snotty, I think it's silly how they're so proud that, say, their 10-month old can (badly) sign one thing. I've looked in "baby sign" books and been shocked to see incorrect, made-up signs touted as ASL. What the? Do the people who write these books think there's no chance that someone who knows anything might look in the book?
I might be jinxing myself horribly here, but I sure as heck hope that my baby will be able to sign at 6-7 months old and know a few words by 10 months. I also hope that my rugrat will be able to sign as fluently as a toddler can before she utters her first word.
Anyway, I'd like to hear all your stories about your babies signing (or not signing). How did it develop? What did they sign? When did they speak? Did they then sign and speak? Etc. |
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| communication with infants |
[Oct. 17th, 2007|04:26 am] |
I've been thinking a lot about mother-infant communication since I am deaf, my baby girl is hearing, and my partner & family are hearing. My partner is the only one who signs consistently. I cant lipread him for the LIFE of me, so he learned sign... but i speak pretty well and he understands me very well, so he signs and i speak. thats kind of odd about our relationship, among other things. The other odd thing is that I don't think I speak to her enough. I just feel like she has absolutely no clue and no interest in my speech, and its very unrewarding to do it on a consistent basis. She perks up more for sign than she does for speech. So I have been signing to her at the same time as I talk, sometimes, and just doing silly babble to her, and a lot of times I am just quiet with her and let her look around and wiggle and offer her things to grasp or look at. I just wish I felt more comfortable chatting away with her, especially in public. But I have some kind of hang up, it really does feel like i am talking out loud to myself, and i feel so silly when she has no response and stares off. Maybe her interest in my speech will improve once she starts to comprehend the world in general more, its just kind of a concern because I know she needs lots of stimulation even though she cant respond, and I feel like I'm not doing what I'm supposed to be doing. Her dad seems to have the same issue, even though he is hearing, he just makes random babbly noises at her, nothing that would lead to her understanding real words or connect speech to actions. She coos and ahhs at him more than with me though because he "responds" with his own oohs at the right time. She probably already learned that I dont respond enough to it since i have to hold my hand on her neck or chest to feel the cooing. :(
So in any case, I found this study that studied infant communication differences between hearing and deaf mothers. I like reading journal articles but I hate summarizing them, sorry. The important stuff is on the first 3 pages and in the end at "discussion" :) |
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| smiles |
[Oct. 16th, 2007|09:01 pm] |
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Anyone love their babie's smile? My son has been doing it tons more now...so damn cute! |
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| New member... |
[Oct. 15th, 2007|10:28 pm] |
Name: Jennifer
Age: 25
Location: West Suburbs of Chicago
Job: Cashier at Target
Children and Ages: I have a 21 month old daughter (Mikalah) who will be 2 on 12/25/07 and I am currently 37 weeks pregnant with my son (Jonathan), due Nov 3rd....
Hobbies: At this point, what hobbies?? When I am not at work I am always spending quality time with my hubby and lil girl....
More about me: Found out i was deaf at 2 yrs old, due to alot of ear infections/high fevers... Recently married on June 16th, 2007. |
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| Curiousity and question |
[Oct. 15th, 2007|10:22 am] |
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Anyone out there use breastmilk and supplement/formula for their little one?
First time mom here and my breastfeeding is going okay except taking an emotional toll on me since he seems to want to eat every 2-3 hours. The feeding goes for about an hour and then an hour later he wants to eat and I can't get anything done sometimes. So what I am doing now is to pump the breastmilk to store it and then have supplement/formula on hand in case he's still hungry. |
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| Introduction |
[Oct. 14th, 2007|07:58 pm] |
Name: Sarah
Age: 30
Location: Iowa City area, Iowa
Job: Stay home Mom (Currently) - Before becoming a mommy was a library media assistant.
Children and Ages: first child - William who is 1 month and 2 weeks old at the moment (hearing)
Hobbies: writing, reading, sleeping, watching movies, knitting, scrapbooking, surfing the internet, doing family history aspect, photography.
More about me: Been diagnosed deaf around the age of five. Married to my hearing husband who is an amazing dad in 2004. I do want to go back to school to get my masters in library science! Let's see..dealing with mommyhood pretty good so far. :)
Pictures of the familiy : ( Read more... ) |
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| superlate intro post |
[Oct. 14th, 2007|05:41 pm] |
Name: Carrie
Age: Two weeks away from turning 25
Location: Tampa Bay area (florida)
Job: Stay at home mama. I plan on going back to school this winter and it's something I am really excited about.
Children and Ages: Pea (5) and Jude (8 mos. old)... and yes, pea is a nickname
Hobbies: Reading, knitting, body modification, googling random topics, baking, obscure diseases and syndromes, and people watching.
More about me: I've been deaf all of my life and I come from a deaf family. Both of my kids are hearing. it's a bit fustrating at times, especialy when my oldest is now attending preschool and there is an obvious communication barrier between me and the teacher. |
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| hello everyone :) |
[Oct. 12th, 2007|08:57 pm] |
Just thought I'd start things off with a post!
This afternoon, I was out at Atlanta's big flashy mall, Lenox mall. I could hardly deal with how many people tried to talk to me about either the baby or the wrap the baby was in. My fault for having a HOT PINK wrap, I guess, but it was still kind of stressful, being deaf and all, with the attention. At one point, I moved the baby from the front carry to the tummy carry, and she got cranky and was crying (she has a freaking loud cry) and an older couple came over and the lady said, "whats wrong with the baby?" haha. "Geez, I dont know, she has this problem called NEWBORN?" IN any case, I told the lady, "I think she's looking for something to suck on" and the woman said, "Do you breastfeed?" while simultaneously pushing up her breast with her hand, lol. Who knows how many other comments and murmurs I missed since that lady is the only one that came right up and engaged me. A food vendor guy was also trying to talk to me about the wrap, and every clerk in the stores I went into kept coming up to look at the baby. I try really hard to give off the vibe that I'm not too interested in chitchat with others in order to avoid any misunderstandings and whatnot from them being hearing. But today was hard to blend in with a baby strapped onto me in hot pink. ha.
How many of you babywear or plan to? For those of you who may not know what that is: check out www.thebabywearer.com or www.mamatoto.org to find out about slings, wraps, podegais, pouches, mei tais and more!
I find babywearing really calms my 8 wk old girl down and makes our outings really pleasant, she hardly ever fusses or cries, and if she does i'm able to notice and chill her out easily. And also since she is probably pushing close to 14 lbs now (I know, ha) it really makes holding and carrying her easy on me :) i hate strollers, for the most part, they are so bulky and i find myself having to check on her all the time and getting nervous that I might miss her yelling.
In other news, I tried out the back carry tonight, finally. I was too nervous before, but I got help from my partner to just spot for me as I did it by myself, and it was surprisingly easy to get her set up. I had her head really close to my shoulder so I could just peer over behind my shoulder and see what she was doing. I had concerns about back wraps, cause I worried if I cant hear her, I might not notice her crying until she was pretty much bucking and shrieking... but I could see her over my shoulder just fine with a little glance. I kind of hoped she would help me test if I could notice her crying on my back, but she was just too happy in the wrap the whole time. In case you cant tell in the pics, her arm is up near her mouth and shes resting her head on her arm and shes probably sucking her little hand.
 
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