I'm learning ASL for early baby communication

[Cherry]

Yes... the whole sentence! Actually, I just want to some ideas on how to communicate in a grammatically correct way that DS is hearing (culturally), but that we sign for early communication. DS is using signs in public more, and I've been working on a few basic sentences (I am hearing, I sign slow, My name is, Nice to meet you, etc.). I can figure out how to do the individual signs, but I'm not sure what words to use...

Here are some of the ideas I had so far:

I LEARN SIGNING to TALK WITH BABY NOW
BABY NOT SPEAK NOW
???

One of my problems is that the sign for culturally hearing is the same sign for speak. I'm not sure how to communicate that DS can hear fine, but is not talking yet.

Thanks for your suggestions!
Cherry

[Antonia]

To who will you tell that? :confused:

Sorry, I think, I didn't get it - you want to tell other people that you're son is hearing, but not speaking yet, but signing.
So why don't you say this to them?

Or buy him a baby signer T-shirt :p ...

Antonia

[Cherry]

Opps... sorry I left out some information. This is for the occasion that someone who is deaf is curious about my signing with DS.

[sarahtar]

do you run in to this much? Tho I sign well, and sign to ds a lot in public, we've never been approached by Deaf folks.

but anyway... how about

baby not deaf? or just not deaf (accomplished by shaking head no while signing deaf)

could be followed up with

I sign little, teach baby.

or "up to now" baby (point at baby) not speak (could sign this way: http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/t/talk.htm while shaking head no) but can sign


just one idea.

[Cherry]

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea.

No, a Deaf person has never approached me, but I have seen two women signing to each other in our local Walmart. It is probably silly to have a prepared speech, but I've been practicing conversational signing and it was on my mind. I read that it was customary when meeting a deaf person to explain whether you were Hearing or Deaf, where you learned sign language (what school or teacher you had), what connections you have to the Deaf community, etc. Thanks for humoring me. :o

Cherry

[sarahtar]

hey, it never hurts to be prepared! I think we get more curious stares from hearing folks. Who probably assume DS is Deaf.