in my last post i said that i wished hiro could talk. while that is true, that doesn't mean we communicate. it's just that i don't always understand what he wants. i tried doing 'baby signs' with him, basically sign language, and he only seemed to pick up one: hungry. he's been doing that one for a while now. recently he's been doing 'bye-bye' correctly, it's so cute. on tuesday night, however, he surprised me with the sign for sleepy. we went to bed late that night and as we were sitting on the futon he put his hands up to his head and made the sign. it was so cute.
he knows 'gochisousama deshita', which is what japanese people say at the end of a meal. i'm not sure if he picked it up from me or from daycare, but it's so cute. he puts his little hands together and says, 'dadadadaaDA!' and even if he's not saying the words exactly, he's got the intonation just right. he's also added 'itadakimasu', which is what japanese people say at the beginning of a meal, also with his hands together (he doesn't 'say' it, though.)
he is using signs i don't know, though. ones he's made up, perhaps. yesterday after playing with the rocks in the garden, he pushed his two index fingers together. i don't know what that was supposed to mean, unless it was to express how he was playing with the rocks. he also pointed with his finger at the table (pushing down on the top), but i had no idea what he meant. poor baby.
he's not growing like a weed, but he is growing out of some of his clothes. i think he might actually be moving into 18-month-old sizes here pretty soon. i don't think we have very much of that at the moment! i must admit that even if he's not growing out of everything every two weeks, that makes me happy because i think we've gotten a lot of use out of his clothes and saved us some money! LOL
he likes to feed himself, and actually manages to get some spoonfuls of food into his mouth. for about a month he has to hold a spoon during a meal, even if he's not using it for eating. usually he taps/bangs it against the plate or table, but that makes him very happy. if he could, he would happily wield some chopsticks as well, but i am very strict about that! i could see him shoving it into his eye or up his nose and we don't want that.
the only 'negative' that i can think of is his need to be with me all. the. time. i cannot even take a bath by myself (when yoshi is home and can watch hiro) without hiro crying and screaming. even if he sees i'm in the bath he cries and cries until i get out. it's usually worse when he's sleepy, but even during the day he freaks out if i go to the toilet or kitchen, just for a minute. when i make dinner he zooms around and around the table with his katakata, driving me nuts with the noise and getting underfoot. the only thing i can attribute it to is daycare. i only took him once a week, and as he probably has no sense of time, it was totally random to him, and he never knew if i was going to leave him alone and not come back for a while. poor little guy. now that i've finished my job and won't be leaving him anywhere any time soon, i hope that he breaks out of it and doesn't need to know where i am at all times (right next to him!)
well, that's about it. any questions. LOL
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Cute!!! I am so looking forward to the next time we get to meet up because I reckon the babies might even be able to interact properly this time!!! :-)
good for you with the sign language. i have been trying to do this but nothing has happened successfully yet.
There will be a WeeHands instructor starting in Japan soon! Keep an eye on this website for more information http://www.weehands.com/ and tell all the babies you know! Sara
There is actually a baby signs instructor starting up in kagoshima. I went to one of her introductory class but it is a bit too expensive and you have to pay in advance so I am trying to decide that to do!I might just buy a book!
Isn't around now still the peak of separation anxiety?
My son, who can hear, continued signing after he started talking. That made it easy to understand what he was trying to say even when his words weren't so intelligible. I think signing is great!
midori: yeah, i used a book. i think that if i were really into it i would take a class, or wanted hiro to continue it like a foreign language i would look into classes. but...i don't.
sheri: it could be. i think hiro entered this stage a little bit later than other children. but it doesn't make it any easier to handle, does it?? on sunday i made yoshi take hiro out for a while, it was nice to get some cleaning done!
gaijin mama: i was wondering, did you use japanese sign language? i assume yes, because that's what your daughter would use. and does your son ever sign with his sister?
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