1. you change LO's diaper
2. you breastfeed him/her
3. you want LO to be quiet
4. you want LO to play on her own
5. you want LO to eat (food)
6. you want to take her out
thanks!
We've been trying to use ASL with our son from the beginning so I think that impacts how we ask him questions about his basic needs. I tend to have a running dialogue with him for much of the day but I keep questions about his needs very simple. I thought that if I didn't make it complicated he might be able to access the language much sooner and be able to tell us what we needed. He hasn't really signed at us although I did see him practice the sign for "milk" while watching a signing video once. He has, however, clearly understood the meaning of the signs for quite some time.
1. Sign for "diaper change"/"change" or speak: "Would you like a diaper change?"
2. Sign "hungry" followed by "milk." Rarely, "Would you like some milk?" or "Are you hungry?"
3. Perhaps this is his age (seven months) but we don't use this yet.
4. Sign "play." Oftentimes we don't even ask the question we simply place him on the floor.
5. Sign "eat." I'm not sure if he understands this one yet as we only use "eat" for solids and he's not eating a lot of them yet. Plus our introduction of solids tends to be spontaneous. As in, "Oh. He's old enough for tofu now let's give him a piece of scrambled tofu and see how he likes it," etc.
6. "Would you like to go for a walk?" followed by the sign for "walk." I don't get to use this often, though, because we use a carrier and I tend not to ask him before I've got the carrier in hand and he's usually already excited because he loves walks and knows what it means when I take the carrier out.
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