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So me and my husband have tentatively decided we'd like to be in Washington DC by the time daughter is in kindergarten. That way she can benefit from the school programs there. I'm not saying our state school for the deaf and blind isn't good, but I think, since we have the option/ability to...

Just got on Glide..deafnerdmommy, just added you, hope that's ok! I'm TrisD.

My company's headquartered in McLean, actually, so I may be able to keep my current job and just work out of that office. Yes, definitely more expensive in the area. We wouldn't necessarily live in metro DC. Before moving to MT, we lived in Southern CA, so we know how far your income needs to...

Just wondering what the Deaf culture is like in D.C. My husband has family out there and we would are considering moving there. My 7 month old daughter has severe to profound bilateral hearing loss and we want to raise her as much in her culture as possible. We live in a smallish city in...

Man, I really thank all of you for your thoughts and input. I should have said in my original post, she does wear HAs, both sides, for 2 months now. She is still very young, but my husband and I don't think she gets any benefit from them, but again, she is too young to really "tell" us. If I...

Hey! Just saw on a post back in 2006 that you were going to get CI at age 25...How'd it go?? Can you hear stuff? Has the transition been hard?

Hi, I'm a hearing mom of a deaf daughter. She is 6 months old and was born profoundly deaf in both ears. Of course, the ENT and audiologist have brought up her getting cochlear implants around 1 year old. I've done a TON of research and I'm going back and forth on the decision. I see a LOT of...

My daughter is deaf and while she goes to a "normal" daycare, I have brought in print outs from the internet with ASL pictures and they have been more than happy to learn the signs and do them with my daughter. How much they are using it when I'm not around, I don't know, but they were very...

SO interested in this thread. I hope you get responses. I'm a mom of a deaf 6 month old, and have literally wondered the same thing!

Thank you! We are just trying to surround her with signs as we learn them, and I try to sign with her in the mornings while we're getting ready for the day, or when I pick her up from daycare. Working on getting her into a daycare of a lady who's son is deaf and who has cared for other students...

Thanks :) I've been all over the website but haven't joined yet, more so just because of lack of communicating with my husband first.

Yes, we are definitely taking advantage of all the opportunities and resources in our town. We're very lucky to live in the same city as the state deaf school. I'm not sure if I want to mainstream her, unless she wants it. I'll let her decide, of course!

Thanks so much! She eats like a champ, no issues there! Sleeping..that used to be good til a few weeks ago, I've been reading about the dreaded 4 month sleep regression and I think we have succumbed to it! Thanks for the advice. I was given the info of another mom who's child has the same HL...

I just mean they talked to us about the school offering a total communications approach, where she can/will learn speech, written and verbal language, as well as sign language, and all the different combinations of approaches. Its actually a state school for the deaf and blind. Her IFSP is...

I'm in Montana. The meetings with the deaf school have been primarily about her options as she grows up, but we've only had a couple so far. I hope they soon include mini-tutoring sessions for me and my husband, as the ASL classes are only thru Nov 15, so at some point, we will need extra...

I've been lurking on the forum for a few weeks now and decided to sign up and post a Hello! My daughter is 4 months old and was born with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. My husband and I are learning ASL from the state's deaf school here in our town. Its been quite interesting, learning...