Mum's the hands
A Quiet World of a Mother Dean is now 2 and going through talking only phase. Of course I get a bit frustrated because I can't understand him. Before he would sign a lot and talk a bit. Now it's opposite, he's talking nonstop and signing minimally. I remembered Karl going through it too. I read a bit about CODA's language acquisition. The child tends to focus on one thing at a time during the ...
Mon, Aug 27 2012

Project Belt done!
A Quiet World of a Mother As I was surfing the web for instructions on how to make fabric covered travel wipes one night. I saw the cute blog on how to make a toddler belt with D links.  So I put that idea back in my mind for one rainy day project. We were at Wal-Mart, just getting few things on my list. I just happened to swing by the craft part of Wal-Mart. They had the most cute train ribb...
Mon, Aug 27 2012

Pooh Pooh
A Quiet World of a Mother Today was a big milestone for us all, we went to the public library in our town and got the library card! The boys got to pick a book each to take home and read. I figured since they are old enough to understand about "borrowing" books and "returning" books when we finish reading them.  The boys were so excited when they see all of the books they could read. They wer...
Thu, Aug 16 2012

Dr. Seuss "The Lorax"
A Quiet World of a Mother "The Lorax" always made me cry. The movie came out and I couldn't wait to show it to the boys. We didn't go to the movie theatre because the boys are still too young so I waited until it came out on dvd. Last Tuesday, it came out! So I went and got it.During my teaching years in an elementary school, I always read "The Lorax" to my students and discuss about Earth Day...
Tue, Aug 14 2012

Not so Typical Summer Morning
A Quiet World of a Mother We have been getting a lot of rain down here in Florida. It literally rained every day. We haven't had a day without any rain or sunny day in ages! Our tans (even after 60 spf sunscreen applied) faded and we were getting cabin fever for being so cooped up in our house.This morning, no rain, gasp! I rushed the boys through their breakfasts and get them dressed in bathi...
Mon, Aug 13 2012

3 years old Boy Fingerspelling
A Quiet World of a Mother Right now Karl is three and half years old so he's not an expert in fingerspelling just yet. He recognize that different handshapes mean something. The first letter I taught him was "i". The reason was because of "Incredibles" the movie. It's a cute superhero movie.  There's "i" on the front of their costumes. Karl went through the Incredible phase where he only want...
Fri, Aug 10 2012

Visiting their dad at work!
A Quiet World of a Mother Every morning, Karl would ask if he could go with his dad to fly for the day. Every morning, the response would be No, but someday you will. Just when you are older and bigger then you can decide to fly just like your dad. He would always have the same reaction, His face changed from happy to sad. I told him sometimes you have to wait until you are old enough. So one ...
Tue, Jul 24 2012

Oh! Can you read my lips?
A Quiet World of a Mother One thing I have been asked from time to time when the person finds out that I am deaf, "can you read my lips?". The question has been asked many many times. If I get a dollar for each time I have been asked , I would be a "thousandaire" I know it's not a word. I adore the reactions from people when they discover that I can't hear. I have learned not to take it person...
Thu, Jul 19 2012

K's first year as preschooler has come to close
A Quiet World of a Mother Hugging mommy! Drawing pictures with chalk with his Dad on Field DayPlaytime after Field Day activitiesThis year was probably a big leap for me as a mom. I sent K to 2 years old preschool program for two days a week. I have seen so much change in K throughout the year. He could count, recite few letters, spell out his name, carry on a conversation with other peop...
Mon, Jun 04 2012

Identity Crisis
A Quiet World of a Mother I haven't blogged in ages! I have many projects going on here so I'm sitting here during the boys' naptimes and catch up!The title says "Identity Crisis".. hmm.. What does it mean? See.. over the Memorial Weekend, we went to Atlanta, GA to visit my dear friend from college. She has 2 boys and I have 2 boys.. Match made in heaven, it was loaded weekend with all boys ac...
Sun, Jun 03 2012

Birthday Party
A Quiet World of a Mother Yesterday Karl was invited to a birthday party. It was for his classmate. She had an inflatable slide with bounce house attached to it. At first Karl was afraid to try. He saw his friend going down on the slide and he's like hey, I can do that too!He got on the slide and went down! I was a bit nervous because there's a little pool at the bottom, I would li...
Mon, Apr 16 2012

Our Furbaby
A Quiet World of a Mother Koko, our furbaby is a chocolate lab. She's the boys' best friend. I remember asking Bryan if we could get a puppy just a bit before we got married. He was very hesitant because he grew up not having a pet and I'm a complete opposite. I must have at least one pet all through my life. I was a cat person during college and after college. Until I met Bryan, he happened t...
Sun, Apr 15 2012

You know you have a Deaf Mom When... Part Deux
A Quiet World of a Mother You know you have a deaf mom when...~your mom screams when you tap her in the middle of night while she's sleeping.~you can scream all you want and she would not get mad at you.~wave under the door to get your mom's attention while she's in bathroom.~you have an urge to interpret what you hear to your mom.~ see odd expressions on other people when you tell your ...
Thu, Apr 12 2012

You Know You Have a Deaf Mom When.....
A Quiet World of a Mother You know you have a deaf mom when you are used to lights flashing all over the house.You know you have a deaf mom when you bang on the wall to get the attention if you aren't able to tap her arm physically.You know you have a deaf mom when you get hurt, you get up and hunt her down to tell that you are hurt.You know you have a deaf mom when you wave or tap her shoulde...
Fri, Apr 06 2012

Good Grief! So here where it starts.....
A Quiet World of a Mother Karl is now 3. He is an easy going child but serious at times. He picked up signs really quickly after he understood that each sign meant something. Right now he has more spoken vocabulary than sign vocabulary. Today was not a great day for him. Everyone has warned me that 3 is worse than 2 years old. I was surprised about that statement..Oh now I see !! I guess...
Thu, Apr 05 2012

Teaching preschoolers (hearing and deaf)
A Quiet World of a Mother I just came to a realization. After posting about the controversy on teaching ASL to deaf children and why can't we do dual teaching (ASL and Oral for those who have cochlear implants). Many doctors have medical perspective. They do not measure the language development. They measure the success of being able to turn on cochlear implant and providing children the abili...
Mon, Mar 19 2012

CODA or half CODA?
A Quiet World of a Mother Is there such as half CODA?? For those who do not know that acronym, it's short for Child of Deaf Adult. Since Karl and Dean are growing in a household with deaf mom and hearing dad, what do I call them? They have picked up ASL and they are fluent in expressing their needs and interests. Even they have gotten comments from their teachers at preschool saying wow ...
Sat, Mar 10 2012

To Fly or not to Fly
A Quiet World of a Mother Yesterday, I was driving to a class that I am teaching ASL, I was reflecting how simple it was to fly before "kids". Now I try to avoid flying anywhere especially when I have one and half years old and three years old boys. If I travel with the boys alone, I will need a double stroller, diaper bag, huge bag to hold all random stuff for the boys and my things. My...
Sat, Mar 10 2012

"Random Bedtime Routine"
A Quiet World of a Mother Last night I was putting Karl to bed, he has been using all stalling tactics with us. He wanted drink, wanted food, wanted cuddling, wanted his stuffed animals with him. Typical of 3 years old boy! I laid down and talked to him about his day and then said good night and mommy loves you! He said ok love you too. Then the lights flashed (for those who do not know, I'm d...
Sat, Mar 10 2012

Controversy about teaching American Sign Language to Deaf...
A Quiet World of a Mother I was a Deaf Education teacher before I became SAHM. One issue kept popping up in the Deaf community is how to educate the parents of a deaf infant. Approximately 90 percent of deaf infants have hearing parents. They are born all over the world from huts to mansions. Yet, the consensus can't agree on how to jump start their language development. The hearing parents ge...
Sat, Mar 10 2012