You know, it's not easy for hearing parents to find a way to mix sign and words in everyday life, especially when you still have no feedback from the child! I guess when he'll grow up and be able to use sign in a conversation, it'll come more natural for us to use them, too.
Me and my husband talked yesterday, and just realized how many times during the day we just leave him cut out from what's happening, because we only talk. We just forget, many times, if we are not talking directly to him.
I'm trying to use more SL everyday, I'm also writing a little illustrated book for him with drawings of a small signing Elf, just to make it IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to read them without copying the signs (because that Elf I created is soooo cute
). It's pretty hard to draw the signs though, but I feel books are very important and he loves to look at them by hisself, so I think it's worth trying.
If we started this process from his first day, everything would be different now!
As for CI, who knows, we may end up having one for him one day, but still I have no regrets. Early implanted AVT kids around us do sooo great until 8-9 years old but many have to work harder from then on, so...
You know.
There's NO way to make this all easy going, I tell you :roll: