Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-06 Thread Stephen Quinn Barncard
There seems to be a few minutes of extreme lucidity in newborns right after birth. My son immediately grabbed my glasses after I picked him up, held onto them, and laughed at me, looking me right in the eyes. Put your face in front of your baby and stick out your tongue. What happens is that

Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-06 Thread Judy Perry
Mine didn't get it... they both zonked almost immediately after being pulled out. Of course, they're MORE than making up for it now ;-) Judy On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Stephen Quinn Barncard wrote: There seems to be a few minutes of extreme lucidity in newborns right after birth. My son immediately

Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-05 Thread kee nethery
On Jan 3, 2004, at 1:54 PM, erik hansen wrote: --- kee nethery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to recommend a book Baby Signs we picked a handful of signs and used them with the words when we communicated with our baby. were these signs pictures, words or both? the implication is that all

Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-05 Thread Ryno Swart
They are hand signs that are specific to what a baby can do with their hands. Much of ASL (American Sign Language?) involves using fingers and babies (or at least ours) wasn't able to do ASL style signs. These I guess are more akin to gestures. He learned roughly 6 of the 12 we decided to use on

Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-05 Thread kee nethery
On Jan 5, 2004, at 3:59 AM, Ryno Swart wrote: How I wish I had known about these signs! Here is an amazing experiment you can try, Malte... I did it with our newborn, some years ago. In the book The Scientist In The Crib one of the authors relates an experiment he performed on a bunch of

Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 1/5/04 4:29 PM, Malte Brill wrote: http://www.derbrill.de/linus Oh my, he's beautiful! -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-03 Thread Judy Perry
Funny, really, because I bought that book when my twins (now nearly three) were born and didn't much like it. What I DID do was teach them a bit of real sign language (ASL) and they DO still use it (as an example, my little girl was going into meltdown over something she wanted but didn't know

Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-03 Thread erik hansen
--- kee nethery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to recommend a book Baby Signs we picked a handful of signs and used them with the words when we communicated with our baby. were these signs pictures, words or both? the implication is that all infants are frustrated non-communicators.

Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-03 Thread Dar Scott
On Saturday, January 3, 2004, at 02:54 PM, erik hansen wrote: Baby Signs we picked a handful of signs and used them with the words when we communicated with our baby. were these signs pictures, words or both? the implication is that all infants are frustrated non-communicators. no wonder they

Re: [OT/ANN] Now I'm a father

2004-01-02 Thread Dan Friedman
Malte, When my son was born, my father-in-law said It best... The new boss is in town! :) Congratulations on the addition to the Brill family! -Dan ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]