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I have a deaf daughter, too, but she's much younger, 18 months. She was implanted at 12 and 13 months. I, too, worry all the time about what I am or am not doing right by her. I let her lead the way when it comes to speaking or signing. Her signing is taking off and she's so interested in it...

Our audiologist is about 3 hours away, and while she's been very supportive with our desire to sign and do "total communication", she's not involved in the day to day. We see her about 1x month. But we have an outreach consultant at the Deaf School in my town and she has been so supportive with...

My daughter is 16 months old and we decided to get her bilateral implants at 12 months old. We, too, decided she will have the choice of whether or not to wear her implants as she gets older. Even now, at 16 months, if she keeps taking her processors off, we keep them off. She's already making...

I have a deaf daughter, 15 months, so not much experience when it comes to her not following commands. She has cochlear implants, so a little different situation, but I've had Deaf friends tell me that hoh/deaf children are naturally stubborn! My daughter is such a handful lately. She wants what...

My daughter loved this, from Toys R Us. It does play sound, but there are separate buttons for the sound, so you dont have to have the sound playing. The wings light up and transition through different colors, its really pretty. This was also a good one, from Target. Yes, there are silly...

If its not environmental, like Ruebella or CMV (illness contracted by mom while pregnant), its most likely genetic. My husband and I are hearing, no deafness in either side of the family, unless there was way way way back. My husband and I are carriers of a certain gene mutation. So any of ours...

Welcome! Beautiful baby boy :)

Beautiful! You deserve to win for sure ;) Keep us posted!

DeafNatural, What did you end up deciding?

That looks awesome!!

Or you could tell them about your hearing loss and ask them to be more patient with you, or write stuff down, or you could all learn a few signs together. If they are so quick to get angry and frustrated with you, they aren't worth the hassle, IMO. Just my $0.02 ;) To be clear, I'm only...

Awesome! This video is right...I didn't grieve because my child is deaf. I was sad because of the prospect of us being different and the fear of the unknown. Now that I've gotten more familiar with her differences, her language, her culture, its not so scary or uncomfortable. She is perfect. She...

YES! Its so hard that other people don't understand this. I'm sick of getting the pity looks, like Maggies Mom talks about, when people hear I'm learning ASL for my deaf daughter. What's the big deal?! The only thing she can't do is hear, and its not all its cracked up to be! So don't feel sorry...

Yes, good for your parents! This makes me so happy they do mandatory newborn hearing screenings at the hospital before mom and baby leave!

I, too, get the funny stares when I'm signing with Gemma or when people see her hearing aids. Half of me wants to say something snarky, but the other half (the half I listen to more often) just smiles. Maggie is totally on par with signing, from what I've read. She is doing so great! And is so...

I'm a parent of a CI eligible baby. It was the audiologist who first suggested CIs as an option, then the ENT who went into more detail about it. Those first two meetings were last September, daughter will be 1 y.o. at end of May, and I still haven't made up my mind. But never once, has either...

I'm near CMR as well, but never been to Havre. Its snowing right now, actually!

Welcome! :h5: I, too, am a hearing mother of a deaf baby. My baby was born with bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss. Can I just say, your daughter is adorable! My daughter, Gemma, is 9 months old, and I too have wondered how she will get her sign name, but luckily, I do live in the...

So sorry to hear about your loss. Prayers and hugs. :angel:

Its my birthday! Whoot Whoot! :applause::wiggle::dance2: