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Baby sign and laundry woes
Our washing machine has broken! It stopped working on Friday evening halfway through a wash load. We had to hang up the wet dirty laundry so it didn't fester over the weekend. We called the lettings agent on Saturday and they said their contractor doesn't work weekends so they wouldn't be able to speak to him till Monday. So this morning we called them again, and they said they'd call him and "find out what day he could come round to take a look". Meanwhile we have reusable nappies and washable wipes piling up alongside mounds of pukey clothes... Really hope it will be fixed soon.
Baby sign this morning was good. It was the second class of the autumn term. Our third class in total - we went to one of the summer specials to see if we liked it. I really like the teacher, she's so relaxed and calm and playful. It's an hour of singing nursery rhymes and children's songs, with signs accompanying as actions, and learning a few essential signs each week, followed by tea and biscuits and socialising with the other parents and kids.
Ember is still a bit young for it, but not the youngest there - one baby is only 4 weeks old. With babes in arms it's not so much about them learning signs as the adults learning them. The earlier you start getting familiar with them and using them in context the better chance you have of your child picking up on them.
Last week we learned milk, food / eat, drink, more, wait, and all gone. This week we learned mummy, daddy, baby, grandma, grandad and house / home. Of course Mummy and Daddy aren't relevant to us, so we're using ZZ and B as shorthand for Zaza and Boo, but we might come up with more personal sign names later.
It's good to chat with other new parents local to us. The mum of the 4 week old is also a writer, and also back to doing bits of work part-time at home already. I think we both found it affirming that we weren't the only ones doing so. I think there's a bit of a shame script around not giving your baby your undivided 24/7 attention - she said it was "a bit naughty of me". I understand that many people don't want to work or don't feel they have the energy, but if you want to do a bit of writing while babywearing instead of some other task, there's no harm in it.
Baby sign this morning was good. It was the second class of the autumn term. Our third class in total - we went to one of the summer specials to see if we liked it. I really like the teacher, she's so relaxed and calm and playful. It's an hour of singing nursery rhymes and children's songs, with signs accompanying as actions, and learning a few essential signs each week, followed by tea and biscuits and socialising with the other parents and kids.
Ember is still a bit young for it, but not the youngest there - one baby is only 4 weeks old. With babes in arms it's not so much about them learning signs as the adults learning them. The earlier you start getting familiar with them and using them in context the better chance you have of your child picking up on them.
Last week we learned milk, food / eat, drink, more, wait, and all gone. This week we learned mummy, daddy, baby, grandma, grandad and house / home. Of course Mummy and Daddy aren't relevant to us, so we're using ZZ and B as shorthand for Zaza and Boo, but we might come up with more personal sign names later.
It's good to chat with other new parents local to us. The mum of the 4 week old is also a writer, and also back to doing bits of work part-time at home already. I think we both found it affirming that we weren't the only ones doing so. I think there's a bit of a shame script around not giving your baby your undivided 24/7 attention - she said it was "a bit naughty of me". I understand that many people don't want to work or don't feel they have the energy, but if you want to do a bit of writing while babywearing instead of some other task, there's no harm in it.
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Glad to hear it. <3
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<3 we can almost certainly be persuaded/requested to Also Drive Stuff Around if needs be.
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I shall look forward to hearing about how signing goes as Ember gets a bit older.
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I'm eagerly awaiting developments on the baby sign front :)
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I really liked using baby sign; was bloody useful for filling in the gap between "visibly desirous of making specific communication happen that is more complicated than milk/sad/nappy/etc" and "actually capable of verbal language".
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TBH I found it easier to write when L was about this age than when he was slightly older
Yes, exactly! I won't be able to multitask childcare and writing so easily before too long, so I want to take advantage of the opportunity while I have the chance!
I'd love to read that story. It sounds... relevant ;)
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Aw, that's a lovely thing to say, thank you :)
Dug out a proof copy of the story & have emailed it for if you fancy reading it!