I am going to tackle some more children's sewing. I bought Butterick 5896 and plan to try sewing the sleeping romper (View E). (JoAnn's had its "Firefly Frenzy" sale at which all Butterick patterns were 99 cents. I'm still chuckling over the name "Firefly Frenzy" and the site of a bunch of "crafty" housewives, me included, swarming through the store.) Finding nursery knits (not cotton prints) is proving to be extremely difficult, so I purchased three yards of the below fabric (100% cotton) from SewBaby.
Tidbits:
- John says "mmmmmmmmmmm!!!" when he is irritated or mad. He says "maaaa" and "ma maaaa" when he's crying, although I would need more evidence of him saying "mama" to indicate me for me to think he was addressing me.
- John thinks it is quite funny when we share "Eskimo kisses" (rub each other's noses against each other). Maybe Chris can catch it on video sometime.
- I plan to try baby sign language with John, starting in a few months when he can understand that objects have labels. We have introduced two signs: one for nursing and one for lift your legs (during a diaper change). John has never made the signs--and I would not expect him to be able to do so yet--but he does seem to understand them. When I make the sign for nursing, he smiles (as if to say, "Yes, that is what I want!")--but if he doesn't want to nurse, then he doesn't smile. When Chris makes the sign for lift your legs, John does so!
That's great about the sign language! I like the "lift your legs." That would be so helpful! We haven't been consistent enough to see much progress in the past, but now we're really working hard on "please" and "more." DS makes really firm sounds when he wants solids, so we're trying to encourage something gentler!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to get Christina to say "Mm mm" when she wants to nurse, as she has done so before, but i was considering baby signs too. if you get any materials on that you enjoy, please share the titles.
ReplyDeletecute fabric!
ReplyDeleteAnother mom gave me her baby signs book that she's no longer using: "Baby Signs" by Acredelo and Goodwyn. Only after I read it did I remember that Linda Acredelo is a (the?) lead research in baby signs at UC Davis, my alma mater. The book seems good and simple. My only criticism is that it does not provide the sign for "nursing," as if it is inconceivable that a baby over 9 months old would still be nursing! (There is a mom at our parish who uses that sign with her one-year-old during Mass.)
ReplyDeleteI found the sign for "nursing" at this neat dictionary:
http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi