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It’s great to see Nellie picking up sign language so quickly as well as seeing her walking more and drinking from a straw. She is thriving!!

For liam: there are one piece bathing suits for kids with long sleeves and long pants with a zipper in the back. This might be a good option for him for bedtime. You could also get one and give it to a local seamstress for a pattern to make the same thing with a different material.

@Natalie.D

4 жыл бұрын

@@tima2553 because he needs something to sleep in that fastens up the back and he cannot get into or remove.

Looks like Penelope has really progressed with her eating! That’s awesome!

Penelope is doing amazing with her signs!! Can’t believe how quickly she’s picking it up ❤️

I love watching your videos I admire how calm you are with having 4 babies with different types of disabilities... your a strong and beautiful woman and mom..... big shout out from Atlanta Ga

Nellie is doing so good! I'm so awsome you guys were able to get help early! She's going to come so far.

Sign language was the best thing in the world for our girl. It was communication!!! And now she is doing great with it

Yay Nellie! Great work! The channel “It’s our wonderful life” put her special needs son in a boys gymnastic leotard for nighttime to keep his diaper on.

@rosalyngummer6587

4 жыл бұрын

I love It’s Our Wonderful Life! Emily and Stephanie could be best friends

@sharonambrose

4 жыл бұрын

Rosalyn Gummer There are a lot of parallels between their lives. I’d love for them to collaborate.🙂

Such a lovely child little Penelopy, and bright too!

Penelope is doing such a great job.😊 I look so forward to your videos. Your smile just lights up the room sister.

I love your family and how you talk about your kids autism and their progress

Great video and info as always! Thanks Stephanie!

She is doing such a great job!!!!!

Let me just say thank you for teaching your children sign language. As a partially non verbal person with a hard of hearing girlfriend and a partially non verbal friend it's a really helpful skill to have. I'm trying to learn ASL on my own now that I'm older and it would be so much easier to communicate if I had learned it when I was younger. It's an amazing tool for any person and would probably save me and some people I know lots of trouble when communicating

I really enjoyed this video, thank you for the amazing content!

Omg she is doing fabulous. She picked those up so much quicker than my kiddo did when he was little. She is adorable.

Go Nellie!! She is doing amazing💟

I love all Penelopes cute little outfits!

Hi Stephanie, preventawear...I have a severely autistic son and this site has been life changing

Glad to see that Nellie is progressing with her eating. I absolutely love ASL, I know at the children’s center where I work we show the infants and toddlers how to sign; it especially helps them communicate what they want, need and feel but don't necessarily have the verbal skills to express themselves. I know I definitely want to broaden my horizon with ASL and learn more.

Nellie is communicating so well. Great job Nellie girl!

So proud of Nelly! Smart girl 😍

Seeing Nellie sign is so awesome!

Man your kids are the cutest!

Love to see to Nellie! Too cute!

My daughter started out on sign language too She still does sign to this day,she’s 3 & has Autism. She now owe speech once a week used to be 2 times a week & she is also in speech & has a feeding evaluation this Friday

your curls are so beautiful!!!

I absolutely love Stimtastic! I’ve bought so many fidgets from them in the past (and continue to due so).

Nellie is doing so good!!!

I'm in love with that Penelope girl!!!

Awee Penelope seems like she has progressed so much already! Like look at her eat!!

Stephanie Penelope is doing awesome w her sign language And eating and walking,awesome job baby girl:D

So excited

My son did the same thing with sign language and it was like a light switch for communication. A year later, at age 3, he is having conversations 😭 and 3-4 word sentences.

That site looks great! Ordered a few things and im excited to see the loot box lol

Penelope is so beautiful. 😍

I saw a documentary of a family with 6 autistic kids and they cut off the feet on the blanket sleepers and put them on backwards. They also use overalls backwards with the straps crossed in the back.

Woo Hoo!!!!!!! Nellie is doing fantastic with signing. How long ago did you start?!?! She loves it. She was trying to play the parents nightmare game with you. “Fetch what I dropped mommy!” She is loving that you are giving her so much visual stimuli with the signs. And No, it is utterly ridiculous that people think that learning sign might prevent her from wanting to talk. Especially given that she is surrounded by language at all times in her environment, especially in coincidence with signing itself. Sometimes you can get a better sense for a nonverbal child’s receptive language using sign. In studies, NT children who are taught sign in their preverbal development actually talk earlier and with more sophistication when they attain speech. The manual dexterity for simple signing develops earlier than the oral musculature required for speech. Sadly, despite the fact that I had a background in signed English growing up, AC like Liam completely rejected both signing and PECS. He inherited his mother (and possibly his father too) ‘s stubbornness. He wanted to talk. So, we got him a cheap talker and when he pushed the pecs symbol it spoke the words for him in mama’s voice. (Excepting Mémère, he would get offended if other voices were on it, lol.) Eventually that led to him speaking his first word, as he pressed the button. I joke with people about it because my son’s first word wasn’t mamma or dada or even more. His first word was popcorn because that is the reward we used most often with him because it can be so light and free of fats and so on. It was healthier for a little little guy than other choices he would react to. We had a lot of trouble with AC in his early years because he had very VERY few motivators when he was little. And I didn’t like that we were reduced to using food as a reinforcer a lot of the time. My other two boys had a variety of motivators and that made things a lot easier on my “externally applied” mom guilt. lol Anyway, just had to say the WooHoo. Go Nellie for eating all independently and signing like a pro starter!! You go baby girl!!!

Fathering Austin and your channel are the best

Aww, she's doing so well!!! We haven't had too much success with signing yet. We need to be more consistent with it though. I noticed that she was using your hands to sign. My guy does that too with clapping. He only claps his own every once in a blue moon.

Nellie really is out here living her best little life💖

Nellie is doing so well with her sign language

Nellie is doing amazing. so glad that shes taking to food more, that will motivate her to communicate so much more. one thing to think about, my friend mentioned this a while back, but she also has a child on the spectrum. he struggled with communication, with learning sign especially, because some signs would sort of trigger his stims. so if that's something that you notice starts happening don't get discouraged. but maybe look into modified sign.

@OurLANDingCrew8

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah like her done is actually one of her stims so I am not sure if she's really signing it but we are just going to keep doing it. Thank you for the encouragement!

@alexwohlgemuth4099

4 жыл бұрын

Sign is so stimmy!! It’s great

OMG Penelope is so cute I can’t take it.😀❤️😀

ASL is perfect for her.

Good job Penelope

Yay Penelope! Genuinely curious, how are stimming toys unique? She is so lucky to have you as her mom! You are so proactive and learn so much about how to help your little people. Thanks for sharing with us. 🙂

For Liam have u tried putting his onesie on backwards or put a jeans vest that’s comfortable for him 👍🏾

@elizabethg7713

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like whats Asa and Pricilla did for Abbie! Worked excellent for them.

@mellsym6353

4 жыл бұрын

You could a fleece vest or a sleep sack thats backwards.

@soobsessedwithmakeup

4 жыл бұрын

Carters sells footless Zippered pajamas you can put on backwards. We did that for our youngest son for a few months. :) They have great sales every so often and I’ve found them at ouac too.

Good Job P!! 😀

One Journey At A Time !!!!!

Aww Nellie signing 💗😍🥰

For my autistic son, we bought used sleepers, cut the feet off and put them on backwards!

Girl just get normal sleep suits cut the feet off and sew them back on the other way around probably much cheaper plus it gives you a chance to see if it works well for you without paying for the real thing straight away ,hope this idea helps hun let me know ❤❤

@amaidaisuki

4 жыл бұрын

I thought about this too but I think it's about limiting his access to certain areas and unfortunately holes in the lower regions may give too much access if he pulls his leg out of there 😂

@daniellesarver2738

4 жыл бұрын

@@amaidaisuki Well she would sew the feet back on so their wouldn't be holes

Awesome

My daughter has bad eczema and so she doesn’t itch her body up, she sleeps in backward zip onesies. We don’t cut the feet off we just spin them around and put them on fully backwards. Works great! We do sew on extra fabric that acts as hand covers though so she can’t use her nails to dig in her neck and such. Might be cheapest trying this route!

Nellie is doing so well 😍😍😍 my daughter was over 2 before she took to sign

@alittlebitofbliss5451

4 жыл бұрын

Omg and we bought stimtastic necklaces for my daughter!!!

Proud of nellie

Old Navy makes more lightweight, zippered footless sleepers. They have some shorts ones too. I know those would be easier to wear backwards without the feet.

Just a suggestion, you should try wooden toys and toys that don’t have sounds or colors. The simpler the better. Also, dim lighting and minimizing your space and including pastel and light colors, are much better for a child’s cognitive development than bright preschool color and loud toys, though little ones love them and they can be super distracting and fun! ❤️ What we do to save money with our special needs 4 year old, is cut off the feet covers to the sleepers and put them on backwards OR get sleepers that don’t have feet!! We’ve had our share of cleaning up fecal smearing and urine. Mind you, he is potty trained. It’s just a sensory input he needs. It works so well!

@tinacayford7549

4 жыл бұрын

Aren’t there modeling clays that could approximate that texture? I am unsure of this, as my bio boys didn’t smear, and my step son had outgrown it by the time I met my spouse. I am thinking about my childhood and clays that used to come in like squares of rolled tube shapes (I know sooooo helpful, right). It was just called modeling clay when I was a kid but now there are a billion different kinds of clay like and dough like and foam like modeling substances. The original (not the genuine article clay from in the ground clay) I think when warmed that would approximate a similar texture, though probably smoother, but you could then add seeds or nut fragments or something to roughen it a little. Just a thought.

OMG Thank you for the link for the Toys . MY kid has been chewing up a storm Its; either his clothes or chewies....and we cant do the soft chewies anymore he will chew them up and eat them. So that was very helpful

ASL is amazing Penelope is absolutely gorgeous our sign language is called Auslan in Australia and i am trying to learn it

My 3 1/2 year old has a speech delay and it is hard with communication some days thankfully he is talking more

Nellie is so cute ❤

Carters sells footless Zippered pajamas you can put on backwards. We did that for our youngest son for a few months. :) They have great sales every so often and I’ve found them at ouac too.

Nice small business shout outs 👍 I hope it brings a lot business to them through your following

Definitely not jus for non verbal kiddos. I use it everyday at work with our kiddos. Even our oldest kiddo, who has words, uses signs as well. I love using signs!

Not related to tonight's content but where do find your music? It's so pretty. Luv it 🙂

try using signingtime videos for the kids. They have music and show kids doing sign language. I an able to remember so much sign language from those videos.

Aww nelly is so cute good job on teaching her signs to communicate and you Always buy a normal onesie for Liam and just out it on backwards it will save u lot of money I believe that’s what fathering autism do with Abbie

I’ll have to look at the Autism Stim product website. My daughter has some sensory issues as well

Can you cut the feet out and still use the sleepers you have ? I have a 20 month old who has 4 words but he is doing amazing with sighs !

Oh my goodness! They have fidget jewelry that is discrete for older people that still need to stim. And they had silicone straws in their chewables section. What an amazing idea for discrete public chewing! Thanks for the website recommendation!

How did you transition Nelly from a bottle to a cup? I heard you say the honey bear cup is the way to go with the straw, thx for that info as well.

Stephanie....i noticed you are using the munchkin spoons. I had those an switched to the metel ones bc they are shorter and it has stopper so they dont shove it too far down her throat so it doesn't choke them . she loves them alot better .

Try pictures squares for Liam. Place on a board with Velcro and ask him to point to what he wants.

Like others have said, have you tried a onesie backwards? If they have feet you can cut those off so it can be worn backwards. Take care x

❤

Stimtastic is great! There's also another place called chewy gem.

Omg Penelope is doing so good! Way to go! At her age my level 1 son wouldn't even sign that quickly. He was alot more like lex just said screw signing and started talking at 2. She seriously doing so good even eatting. Maybe boys just dont like signing 😂

We buy all our stim toys from stimtastic!!z LOVE THEM!!!

You should also check out fidget club. It’s autistic run.

Have you tried a gymnastics suit for Liam? I know that it has helped others with the same problem. Form fitting but comfortable with still being hard for him to take off. Just a thought 😊

@OurLANDingCrew8

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea. We need something like that that he can wear during the day. It's SO hot for those fleece sleepers

BCBA here- have you tried wresting singlet or dance leotard for Liam? Much better for summer!

@OurLANDingCrew8

4 жыл бұрын

I’m going to look for some! Thank you ❤️❤️

A great video. Cool learning about the sign language and thanks for sharing your younow times again :) have you tried Penguloo for your boys to play? I worked at a shop that has lots of games for kids which focuses on different skills. Its called cogs.ie ;) check out their games for ideas of games the boys might enjoy. Pengaloo is one of my favs

Would the footless sleepers backwards work?

Love love love Penelope 😍 Do you have any advice on how to effectively teach sign language? My dd is 21 months old, non verbal awaiting diagnosis for either autism or neurofibromatosis for her delay. She refuses and get ls upset every time i teach her sign language.

@OurLANDingCrew8

4 жыл бұрын

That's how Liam is, some kids just get it and some don't. She just naturally picked up on it. Picture cards (PECS) might be more effective for your little one.

What apps does your kids use

Why don’t you try putting the onesie on backwards and put a tight top on but not to tight top so he could still breath and do something like that (I don’t really know but u could try )

Have you tried a swimsuit that zips at the back over his pjs, it’s been amazing for me

Get sleepers with out feet in them and turn them backwards that is much cheaper then when winter comes get knee high socks and put under them.

For a board game, I really loved mermaid island when I was little! If they aren’t interested in mermaids they make a game with the same concept just a more gender neutral theme like owls. It encourages teamwork and overall isn’t super complex but I found it fun! Also not a ton of small pieces to clean up 😉

Our daughter is verbal but doesn’t communicate so she is learning sign as well 💕

This amazes me. I'm in Northern Ireland. I have 2 with autism. You literally get hardly any help. My youngest was non verbal. It wasn't till 3 that she got some help with speech. No signing help. They are now 7 and 15 and I literally had to go the high court to get the help they were intitled to get. I now realise I'll have to save up and go private otherwise we will get no more help. I can't even get a basic blood test for my daughter. I'd like a play therapist to be there to help, the consultant refuses.

have you tried putting some sort of sensory toy in Liam's bed with him in efforts to stop the smearing? No idea if this would work or not, or if there are any sensory objects out there that would be safe enough to leave in a bed with a child. Maybe some toy that's really soft and pliable that could mimic the texture that he's seeking? Again, not really sure if there's anything out there that's safe to leave with him, but just an idea I wanted to put out there. :)

I have autism. I think you mentioned awhile ago that you would have been diagnosed as as well as a kid? Do you see any similarities between yourself and Penelope? Or does your mom? Do you think your own experiences help with parenting your kids?

Thanks for reaffirming what I felt about Roblox, there being ti much creator content that was often inappropriate. My sons tried it for a few weeks last summer and then I took it away after one of the games scared him. (He was only 6)

ASA MAASS put abigail in backwards sleepers for a long time! but he just took onsies and put them on backwards for her, way cheaper!

I bout a jewelry chew toy for me and it was soooooo amazing. It helped my anxiety a little when I'm at work and wanting to chew on things

@wolfieboi1109

4 жыл бұрын

Were did you get it

Do you know if Liam smears for sensory input or b/c he wants the mess cleaned off of him? If it's the latter, maybe suggest to his team to have "change diaper" as one of the first PECS requests he learns. Or you can print out a picture, laminate it, hang it somewhere accessible and teach him to bring you to it/point/tap it/indicate somehow when he needs a change. And of course keep the backwards onesies on in the meantime. 😉

@OurLANDingCrew8

4 жыл бұрын

It’s sensory. He’s been doing it since he was 14 months.