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[@rkirk111]

My oldest son signed with the word "milk, food, more" when he was six months old. He found out that my husband and I were deaf when he was nine months old when he pointed at the phone as it was ringing that we both couldn't hear it. That's 38 years ago. Now he helped us lots as he interpreted to both of us with anything. We don't ask him for help. He wanted to help us. Very thankful. Same as youngest son, too.

[@mjgutierrez]

I loved reading this.

[@OurSignedWorld]

WOW! I love this! Thanks for sharing :)

[@rkirk111]

@@OurSignedWorld One thing to add. My husband and I are grandparents of six grandkids from age almost 13 years to 2 years old. Our oldest granddaughter used sign language as she wanted to communicate with us. She's great. Keep doing sign language with Madison. The little kids were very cute with sign language with small hands. Enjoy being with Madison while she's still a baby. Our sons and grandkids grew up too fast. The time flew fast.

[@vio3366]

@@rkirk111 glad you shared this! Do all of your grandchildren know sign language?☺☺

[@rkirk111]

@@vio3366 My oldest granddaughter knew sign language. The rest of them - one word at a time.

[@vio3366]

It is really interesting to see how babies acquire sign language, just like verbal language. Thanks for sharing!☺☺

[@tess2082]

Actually, they can learn signing before talking. Lots of hearing people teach their babies some words in sign language before they can speak.

[@vio3366]

@@tess2082 That is wonderful, I didn't know that. Glad you shared it.

[@SkyllaCharibdis]

@@tess2082 yeah i did too

[@Bklyntransplant]

Yes, its pretty amazing. The develop the gross motor skills that make signing possible before they are able to aquire the more fine motor skills that make speaking possible. Its pretty amazing

[@melissadeville1703]

Look up "baby signs". As a mom and former childcare worker who has taught many babies it truly is amazing. Babies who sign are happier, more content, and cry less because they're able to communicate their needs. Think about it: babies usually cry because they want or need something. If they're able to tell you with signs they don't need to cry. The 1st word I always taught to sign was milk and most babies can sign it by 6 months. I love baby signs!

[@tkfaf15]

I learned some very basic sign language when I was younger because my aunt was an interpreter. Years later, my daughter was having trouble with spelling tests in elementary school so I taught her to finger spell & her grades improved so fast the teacher accused her of cheating. As she grew older she did some self study & learned more then started using it in the classroom with her students once she became a teacher. She started using signs as soon as both her kids were born & although they are losing it the more verbal they become, its been really neat to watch both of them sign months before they could ever say their first word. Both of them were signing "milk", "more" & "all done" by about 5 months old. If you picked up on their signs before they got too upset then you knew exactly what they were unhappy about. Our family loves that we can sort of communicate across a crowded room. I bet your beautiful daughter will be an excellent speller & unlike my family she'll be fully fluent.

[@thewkovacs316]

its clear watching babies who have learned how to sign that they gain communication skills much faster.

[@jaynerice6693]

my baby sister & her hubby are not deaf but used ASL to communicate early with their son. It was great to see him sign before speaking!

[@jackpearce3837]

Hey, nap time tip from a nanny here (in fact as I’m typing this, kiddo is asleep on me). 5ish month is sleep regression stage which is probably why staying down is an issue, though I’m sure you know that much. If you haven’t tried them, sleep sacks and swaddles are a godsend! Makes babies feel safe and held! If that still doesn’t help, just remember that at this age it’s okay to just hold her and let her sleep on you when she needs it. Sleep is more important for her to grow than getting her used to being alone. She’ll learn so don’t be afraid to plop her in a wrap and do something else.

[@OurSignedWorld]

Thanks! Yeah we use sleep sacks but cannot use swaddles anymore. She rolled over too much

[@deedee312]

When my oldest was a baby, he had the same problem, from the time he was born until 8 months old, he only slept 20-30 minutes at a time. I was so sleep-deprived! I was dying! Then one night I decided to lay down with him. I made a comfy pallet on the floor with quilts, with me on one side of him and pillows on the other 3 sides, so he couldn't roll into any furniture. At first he would still wake up, but I would keep my eyes closed pretending to be asleep, and then soon he would go back to sleep. It seemed to comfort him just to see me there. After awhile he woke up less and less, and eventually learned how to sleep through the night, so I didn't have to do it anymore. That was a lifesaver for me, and I'm so glad I thought to try it! None of my other children ever had this problem!

[@OurSignedWorld]

Yeah its tough. Then when they do take a 2 hr naps its like THE BEST THING EVER

[@suzannehedderly1331]

I can't believe she's 5 months already! Time is flying! She's precious. Y'all are great parents. :-)

[@OurSignedWorld]

TIme is definitely flying!

[@davidcolombier5673]

Your 5 month old baby girl is very cute. Very impressive the way she peaks up signing. David Colombier

[@ellerj641]

Whoa. Just heard Courtney's voice for the first time. I decided to pop in my hearing in aids and crank the volume up real loud to see what I could hear. Your voice is different than I thought it was. For some reason I imagine people to have accents when they talk. You have a clear voice though it's kind of low for me. I also loved listening to Madison's babbling and she is so cute!

[@gamom1]

Our daughter learned to sign at 6 months, we are all hearing but I learned ASL as a child from a deaf friend

[@Izzynpc]

That's amazing exposure

[@hookedonlove5821]

My oldest signed "milk" and "more" at 5 months. Signed exclusively until 8 months. My seconded has no interest in ASL until she was 3 then all of the sudden she loved it. So now they both can sign.

[@sandieM27]

years ago when learning sign the teacher had her baby with her and I was amazed to see him sign , he was 6 months old, both his parents are deaf as is some family members. babies are amazing !

[@weavingrainbow9063]

Our oldest two are twins.. (they're 25 now).. when they were babies, they would always do the startle reflex simultaneously.. 4 hands, every time! 😹

[@pupyfanatic44]

That sounds adorable!

[@weavingrainbow9063]

@@pupyfanatic44 LOL, it was!

[@aliciashanks5239]

🙌🙌 😅

[@kayde4483]

Madison is a doll! A precious gift from God as are her parents to her! Blessings

[@OurSignedWorld]

Agreed, she is our blessing!

[@LizMisamore]

My daughter also only napped for 30 minutes at a time. She would do two 30 minute naps during the day and that was it. I also used to be a preschool teacher. My class was 12-18 months. We would teach them basic signs like milk, water, more, please, sorry, sit, eat. It was so cool seeing them all sign more at lunch when they wanted another helping.

[@Steel33Wolf]

Alphabet?? Ohh keep it up. Don’t stop teaching her the alphabet. I always cited alphabet with my daughter around 5 months just like yours. Most of times I bathed her.. every night before her bedtime. By one year old, she cited the alphabet herself. Your daughter is so cute!!

[@robertariddlebaugh859]

Gotta share this story with you. I am 73 . My parents deaf and sign ASL. I was born with profound hearing loss but with hearing aids I can make out the words. Finger spelling was my best subject. The teacher would say the word then I held my hand low and finger spell the word and if it FEELS right then I write it down. I got thru it all those years . So I am sure your baby will grow to be. An excellent speller if daddy signs and fingerspells. God bless your family

[@coltsandbows]

My wife is deaf and I am hearing and we had two hearing sons who are adults now. I did my phd dissertation on hearing children of deaf parents and how they acquired ASL and spoken English. I love watching little kids sign.

[@Kjata316]

Cutest family ever! You’re so blessed and I’m so happy for you guys.

[@OurSignedWorld]

Youre so kind. Thank you

[@Ninapopwilliamschannel]

Melanin signs KZbin video brought me here to y’all channel. And she was right, y’all videos are great. Thank you. I learned a new sign today “moody” all be using that this week 🙌🏾

[@MamaEEandW]

These updates are awesome. Cute vlog. My heart melted when you walked in the room and she had such a big smile on her face. So sweet 🥰

[@OurSignedWorld]

Thanks!

[@skhrider7418]

What a sweet family you have! ❤️ my brother in law is deaf and I have been really trying to encourage our 14 month old daughter to learn sign from a young age so that it will be easy for her to communicate with him. We started around this age and it’s just so fun to watch them learn and do the signs on their own!

[@rosettam206]

Your family is adorable n amazing the baby is beautiful

[@OurSignedWorld]

Youre so sweet :)

[@Purity10101]

The mirror in front of Madison is such a good idea! I have FIVE kids and can still learn a thing or 2! I'll try this when my newborn is 5mos old for tummy time. 😊

[@gabby7931]

That's so cool that's she's signing already. And she's so beautiful

[@kimfleury]

When my daughter told me that she was pregnant, one of the first gifts I sent to her was a Baby Sign book, so she could prepare. We're all hearing, but my youngest brother has cerebral palsy, and they used a simplified/modified Sign to encourage nonverbal students to communicate at his school. My daughter is the same age as my baby brother, so she wasn't a stranger to signing, but as he grew into adulthood he stopped using it, mainly because he didn't need it. He's only around verbal people. Anyway, my daughter learned the simplified Baby Signs and started using them as soon as my grandson was born. He was really young when he started flexing his hand, fist-open-fist-open, right before he would cry from hunger. I'm not sure if he was Signing "milk" but it sure looked like it. It might have been a reflex, but my daughter reinforced it by Signing it back to him and feeding him quickly, sometimes even before he cried. What was funny was that he knew the Sign for Mama, and would look at her whenever anyone Signed it to him, but he gave her the Name Sign "Milk" 🤣 He Signed Dada the regular way. They came to visit me when he was 5 months old - just my daughter and the baby, because my son-in-law had to work. They were there just a few days when I noticed the baby looking into space, pouting. Then he Signed "Dada" and sighed profoundly. So at 5 months old we knew he missed his Dada terribly. The Name Sign he gave me was "Hi Grandma" 🤣 The only time I had trouble understanding what he was trying to communicate was when he was 17 or 18 months old. I was visiting them at their house and babysat one afternoon. He kept Signing "squirrel" and "key," along with some babbles. He routinely made up Signs if he didn't have the vocabulary. We never have figured out what it was he wanted, but he was insistent and unhappy at that moment trying to tell me something extremely important. Maybe he wanted me to take the local squirrel for a ride in my car? 🤣

[@jayy_purp]

Baby Fever Is Real ❗️😩😍😍😍

[@OurSignedWorld]

they are the best!

[@cjstone3140]

What a sweet family!

[@TheSanthouseHouse]

So fun to see Madison signing! Our daughter would also wake up after half an hour or so - I think that's just one sleep cycle. We determined her issue was mostly related to losing her pacifier and she would get upset when she woke up and it was gone. We decided to just go cold turkey on the pacifiers since she was becoming dependent on it - it was a little rough at first, but now she has no problem sleeping through that first sleep cycle on her own. I'm sure you will figure out what works best for Madison! 💕

[@OurSignedWorld]

ooo how did you get rid of them?? Ill need help with that

[@TheSanthouseHouse]

OurSignedWorld we just stopped giving them to her. There was definitely a period of adjustment that came with some crying. She learned to self soothe by sucking on her two middle fingers instead of the paci and she can always find her fingers which is nice! 😂 although that might be a habit we have to help her break later - I ironically also sucked on my two middle fingers until I was about four years old 🤦‍♀️.

[@KManwarren]

I never thought about putting a crinkly toy in the web ball thingy... that's a cool 💡 idea.

[@naokoasami2026]

Hey‼️‼️ I learned Vlog and channel only watching 3 times‼️‼️😆😆😆 I’m happy and proud of myself ❣️❣️ No. I’m grateful with your KZbin 🙏🏻💙💚❤️💜🧡

[@angelmurphy9262]

Shes soo cute! We are both hearing but my 5mo signs milk and I love u. We did this with my now 3yo too just the basics for early communication!

[@SkyllaCharibdis]

my 10 month old son also knows some signs (milk, enough, more, thank you) because when he did not know how to speak it was easier for us to understand his need because he is a very quiet baby. now he is starting to babble and learn words but he still prefers to sign milk ^^

[@whatgenderami]

what a precious video; thanks for sharing it with us! it’s so nice to see such wholesome content, especially these days, when it feels like the world is so desperately in need of it

[@torilynne2187]

I stumbled on a short of yall on here and I’m hooked

[@betty8898]

She grows up so fast.. she is so adorable and cute. She will pick up simple sign language faster from both of u one day

[@bevyladeras2797]

I watched you guys when I was pregnant, I typically love watching KZbin and follow great stories when I’m pregnant 😆 but then I get so caught up in life when baby is here and I stop, or seldom follow. But I just felt like getting on today and you popped up on the screen😊 and then I remembered how great you guys were/are and wow she’s 5 months already, auch a beautiful girl 🥰 I’ve started learning sign with my son and I plan to teach my daughter as well. We aren’t hard of hearing or deaf but I hope that my children will learn and be able to communicate with people that live with this. It’s feel it is so important ♥️ thank you, because your family gave me a little push 🙃 Lots of love and I hope all is well ❤️❤️

[@KoriJaiden]

So cute. :) won’t be too too long before she’s signing away.

[@natalieagee6307]

The best Monday pick-me up! She's so cute. You have a most beautiful family

[@SMAllS533]

Hiii. I hope you get to see this. We had a very short conversation a few weeks ago. I am the Nike employee that you gave your KZbin channel to. Ever since I’ve watched your videos and fallen in love each one and your signing relationship. & your baby girl is gorgeous !! 💗💗💗✨✨✨

[@OurSignedWorld]

Awwww hey there! I’m so glad you found us! Message us on IG! We can chat more there :)

[@katelyn1641]

You are so cute wearing the baby and vacuuming! Also your house, wow! So much natural light!! I love watching your vlogs but there giving me massive baby fever tbh

[@tabebuyahikikomori]

You guys are amazing.

[@theonlyenekoeneko]

So exciting she’s starting to sign!

[@amywestbeld9968]

Enjoyed watching this! My Uncle used to work for Hoover.

[@OurSignedWorld]

OH COOL!

[@amywestbeld9968]

OurSignedWorld Yes, we used to get Hoover vacuums all the time and have been by the Hoover place where my Uncle worked too. We don’t have carpet or rugs here now.

You guys are so cool .....

[@Kimbah9]

This just makes me happy!

[@OurSignedWorld]

aww yay:)

[@GoodMusicManiac999]

Uh, sleep time. My parents had probably one of their hardest times in life during my first year of life. I never slept "normally" since they brought me home 40 days after my birth (been in an incubator, I think this is what disrupted my wake/sleep cycle). It took me a very long time to fall asleep and, whenever I did, I needed an absolute noiseless environment: the slightest sound would make me fully awake. As a consequence, my meals weren't very regular and I would feel nervous all the time. Around a year old, I learned to stay more on my own and although I still wouldn't fall asleep quickly, at least I could stay silent and play alone. Now I'm nearly 40 and my sleeping routine hasn't changed much. No matter what time I go to bed, I don't fall asleep until 2 :30 (am). If I don't even yawn by then, it means it will be a sleepless night! But it doesn't bother me much.

[@marietrebes2122]

We are deaf , from Texas ur baby is so beautiful y’all made awesome family

[@jamietraylor5942]

Cute congratulations 5 month old cute milk sign language and it’s take time to your baby to know more and fun

[@macaylabrooks8220]

She’s getting so big!!

[@HisPowr4U]

The words of the closed captioning are VERY tiny. I love the way your daughter got her name sign. I used to have a deaf friend (she passed away) who was also blind, and she taught me some signs and I used a couple of sign language books I found in bookstores also. My deaf/blind friend lived in a nursing home so I was only able to see her once a week at most, because I don't drive (I'm in a wheelchair) and another friend used to visit the nursing home sometimes so he would take me with him. I used to know about 300 signs but since I no longer have a deaf friend to talk to I have forgotten a lot of signs.

[@paullim695]

Hello friends...interesting this is my first video viewing of family signing to babies. I get to learn much from here. Just love babies.

[@aworobetz1]

This was such a fun and interesting video. Love seeing you guys. ❤️

[@OurSignedWorld]

Thanks

[@WeiStyer]

That's so awesome! I tried teaching our daughter the sign for "milk", "more", "mama" and "dada" and "all done", but we weren't consistent enough (my husband and I are both hearing, but we've read studies that learning ASL can calm babies because they have a way to communicate before they're verbal). Good luck with naps! We black out our nursery (we've done paper blackout shades and just cardboard, just to keep it super dark) and have a white noise machine running, and both our kids learn to associate those things with sleep, so they nap and sleep well. It's potentially worth a shot. She's a beautiful child!

[@redeteeteder]

Oh my gosh, she said milk? When you signed milk I cought a labial "milk" and seemed she said a little bit of "...k"!!! Just a coincidence? And I think I saw her signing ball, but with only one of her heand... Possible??? She's adorable and very smart!!! ♥️♥️♥️ Love you all guys!!! Greetings from Italy!!!

[@ak5659]

Zack wakes up to light??? Literally *EVERY* hearing person I know says their Deaf boyfriends, girlfriends, etc. sleep through everything, even the bed shaking.

[@plantpoweredadventure]

So cute! Can't wait to see the next signs she picks up!

[@checkyourhead9]

I really miss my son being 5 months old. I just wanted to say that blue dress with the head wrap was SO FREAKING ADORABLE. SUCH A PRETTY GIRL. I usually cant stand parents who put head wraps and headbands with obnoxious flowers on bald babies. It's so annoying that this is a pet peeve of mine, how incredibly awful and selfish that I have such stupid annoyances. I'm really not an awful person I swear. Also I would never say it to the parent because unlike most people in the KZbin comment section I dont feel like I have to inflict my beliefs wants needs thoughts or opinions on to anybody. I do tend to over explain and dish out some word vomit and run on sentences so I do apologize. It's so fascinating how babies learn to sign.

[@NicoleACottageWitch]

I’ve started learning sign language and this is just the sort of account I was looking around for! Thanks for making these videos. They’re so interesting.

[@wahooooh]

Thanks for the video!

[@addyluu]

Loved the vlog! But when she said their apartment is small..........😳 I wish my apartment was that “small”😂😂😂

[@theresaellis6065]

My daughter is teaching 2 kids she babysits for to sign. 2 yr old knows colors! And now she’s teaching my grandson. He’s almost 9 mo.

[@juliezoutendam5338]

Nap tip: my kids both had hard times taking long naps at that age. When they were closer to 7-8 months old, and dropped to 2 solid naps a day, then they took good naps (like 2 naps that were each about 2 hours long!). I don't know why, but a lot of babies have a hard time staying asleep for a nap at this age. I'm not sure if you follow a napping schedule or not, but if Madison's on 3 solid naps a day, it will likely get better when she goes down to 2 naps. I know, waiting is hard! It's great that she'll put herself back to sleep though! I did that with my oldest daughter. When my youngest came along, their afternoon naps coincided, and if the baby woke up from a nap early, I would get her out of bed and hold her out in the living room so she wouldn't wake up her big sister (now my kids are 7 and 4 so those days feel like a lifetime ago!). Anyways, I'm also a former deaf-ed teacher, and taught both my girls signs. My youngest one seemed to really "get it" better than her sister ever did, and she signed all the time! She would use the regular baby signs (all done, help, more, please), but then I also taught her a lot of her favorite foods, so she would always ask for cheese, banana, crackers, etc with signs and it was SOOOOOO adorable! Little baby hands using signs is the cutest thing ever!

[@Balthazar2242]

I usually don't like ads...but in ASL it's great for practice XD

[@OurSignedWorld]

haha cool!

[@lizzymandile2022]

My first word was ball, we have no idea why. Even more ironically I grew up to not even like men 😂

[@sprnkles]

AH OMG IT IS TRUE, BABIES REALLY DO LEARN HOW TO SIGN OMG

[@midgetgirl5]

She is such a cutie

[@hyperplaguerat]

Your baby is so cute! It's cool to see how babies learn sign. Ive heard babies are able to sign before they can talk. My mom taught me some signs when I was a baby so I would be able to communicate what I wanted instead of crying. I wish I had learned ASL growing up. I know it's never too late to learn but I'm not sure where to get lessons.

[@erinf6643]

Courtney, I am such a bad speller too! I am lucky that I am hearing and I talk to Siri if I can't spell a word too.Madison is getting so big and I am happy to see she is signing a little, I love these videos and the ones you post on instagram.

[@PurpleBanana2765]

I think it’s really good that ur teaching Madison sign language. The reason why I think it’s a really good is because ur teaching ur her sign language so that way she can communicate with her daddy

[@papaapple93]

Courtney and Zach thank you so much for filming and sharing this video you have such as sweet and beautiful family I love how quick sign language is to learn and a wonderful way for babies to communicate until they can speak or in addition to speaking. What has been the most challenging sign for you to learn? What is your favorite sign?

[@amyturner4203]

Did anyone else notice that she went back and did a voice over? I am not judging just wanted to see if anyone else noticed it.

[@junbh2]

Of course I noticed it because I have hearing so I could hear it. It's very nice that she did that in addition to subtitles, but I don't understand what your point is. She's trying to make it more accessible to more people. Why would anyone 'judge' someone for putting a voiceover or closed captions or anything like that? That would be very strange?

[@7ennifer]

Yeah, as a hearing person just starting to learn sign, I appreciate that they are making their videos accessible for hearing people. They certainly don't have to.

[@vittorias5112]

Yeah sim-com-ing (speaking while signing) is not really recommend in most cases, as it usually lowers the speed of signing (not to mention it's awkward!). The ASL grammar is different than the English grammar, as such signing can never be directly translated word for word to english.

[@BooksToAshes]

How about people who are blind? They still listen to youtube videos. To me it's more inclusive to have audio for people who may not be able to see well, or at all.

[@lexi219]

Why would this be something to judge her for?

[@aamahnievogel9431]

SHE SO CUTE

[@priscillawhite8240]

Thanks for sharing your world with us! Bilingual kids are awesome!! On an unrelated note - where did you buy your couch!? It's gorgeous!

[@rachelgarcia1790]

Regarding the baby naps, I haven't checked the comments to see if anyone pointed it out yet or not, but unfortunately some babies just like catnaps - my first born was like that. They would have more naps in a day, but never more than 30 minute stretches. I promise that it's normal, so hard as it is, try not to stress about it.

[@brittanyfox7789]

awe i love your fam

[@OurSignedWorld]

Thanks :)

[@brittanyfox7789]

@@OurSignedWorld your welcome make sure to post as much as you can love you guys

[@FluentWithHayley]

Love seeing her do some babbling, sign-wise and vocally!! I remember watching in your videos before she was born that you had been encouraged to turn your voice off to help her learn ASL. Absolutely no judgment here for what you ended up doing, but I was curious if it was intentional or not! Or if it was more out of good ole sleep deprivation haha. Again, no judgment, you're the best mom for Madi but I was curious since originally it sorta sounded like you intended to "turn your voice"!

[@OurSignedWorld]

I do both. Voice off, voice on. simcom. I mix it up :)

[@mikaylamonnie]

Oh my gosh I do the same thing when I can’t spell a word 😂😂 thank goodness for voice to text haha

[@carlasuannepoohlockett3259]

Awwwwwwww!

[@OurSignedWorld]

:))

[@SAToomy]

U should do advertising and ur husband i like how u explain about that vacuum and tell us the details 8:10 I really like the vacuum

[@AshleyYourLifeHisVoice]

This is so incredibly, really! Well done mom and dad. And good job teaching us ASL (I learned milk, ball, tree, and a few others and am only 1 video in!) 👏👏 Also, she is so stinking cute!! 😍 Our son (also 5mths currently) has a similar ball and we leave it in his crib with him. He's learned to play with it when he wakes up in the morning or after naps and he stays in there a little longer for mom and dad. Very grateful for that. Nap wise: M is likely having a hard time linking her sleep cycles (our guy too a lot for nap time, better at night). Sleep cycles go about 45ish minutes hence the waking up around 30/40min. There's some good info online about how to help them link their sleep, were just starting to put it into practice. A question for you, or maybe a good video topic! Are there tools/technologies to help Zach with Madison's care? Like if you run out for a quick errand or are in the bathroom and she has a tumble once she's walking, is there something that would give signal to another of his senses that M is crying (like a vibration?).

[@JasmineIsGodly]

My hair just started falling out too my daughter is also 5 months so. It's definitely everywhere. Hopefully it stops soon

[@laartje24]

Well, seems like pacifier needs to be the next word on her list XD

[@mrsTraveller64]

This was interesting!!! The world of deaf is quite un-known to most of us. What I think is sad though is that sign-language is different in different languages, for example I live in Finland so if I'd learn to sign you'd probably not understand me compleately.

[@DMH_701]

You remind me of the gymnast Chellsie Memmel!

[@cheristump9404]

She is cat napping. Just a bit here and there. Keep her awake then give her a nice warm bath. Rub her down with some lotion then do what you do before sleep time. It's a season. Her sleep habits will change from month to month at this age. My daughter was born without ears or openings. Because she couldnt hear us she would cry when she couldnt see us. If your sweetness has any sort of hearing loss she may just need to see you. Your awesome parents. This will work itself out. Its just a season.

[@jamietraylor5942]

Beautiful name Courtney and Zach cool

[@MonkehBuns]

Wow you discovered Hoover is a vacuum company?? Shocking lol.

[@irracanlas3613]

Im really curious how a child learns that this particular sign means this or that. Its so amazing

[@GoodMusicManiac999]

By association, I think. I'm hearing but I spent many years of my life learning foreign languages and probably it works the same with sign language as well: you have to link a non-verbal item (an image in your mind, a definition, or a word you're seeing on your textbook) to a word. The only difference is that second languages have a slightly different method of learning. In Madison's case, sign language is to be considered her first language. Spoken English will also be categorized as another first language in her brain, but she will actually learn it as a second one. There are lots of researches in psycholinguistics focusing on how children exposed to both sign and spoken languages develop both abilities. It's truly fascinating.

[@mazvitaselemani]

Why's it always the lady who's hearing in these relationships? 🥴

[@laurenli6411]

Because men are more susceptible to hearing loss. I read that men are more suseptical because men find themselves in loud situations more often than women. Blindness is the opposite; Blindness is more common in women than in men because of sexism.

[@alexisreve1]

Women are more likely to be compassionate with things like this (Deaf people don't consider themselves to be disabled, so I don't want to say "disabilities," but it's definitely a trend I've noticed on KZbin). I feel like Deaf women are more often with Deaf men.

[@septiea]

Why does it matter

[@1anonymous_moon]

I wonder the same thing

[@veroniquecastel9582]

Who cares? They like each other so they’re together :-D

[@shinukisan2222]

Signing is as natural to human babies as it is to chimpanzees communicating with their mothers using facial and hand gestures, it's hard wired. I think all humans should learn BSL/ASL as a second language from birth. Most expressive and communicative language I've ever learned.

[@amandaoshea936]

Do you know about 'wonder weeks'? I think another commenter mentioned sleep regression. If she is learning something new, like signing, her sleep patterns will be off. It's actually a really good thing. They are called wonder weeks. You can look them up on google. But you two are amazing!! Keep up the great work!!

[@lees.903]

My dad invented the ball they're playing with

[@MamaEEandW]

Hi welcome back to our channel. In today's vlog.. lol

[@OurSignedWorld]

Hahahah yeah

[@DMH_701]

I wish CC stayed on when you go picture in picture

[@hannahmartin7891]

Is your baby deaf? Or just your husband? I just came across you guys so I don’t know much

[@vladimirpetunia]

Courtney said their baby gets scared when the screen door slams shut so I think she can hear as well

[@hannahmartin7891]

👍🏻

[@ashabrynn5622]

only Zach!

[@SkyeAten]

Did she say they have a small apartment??? That place is huge!! I live in about the equivalent of half the livingroom...

[@justinn9342]

love thiss

[@passionatepineapples8569]

That’s like trying to teach a baby the alphabet!

[@winirobertson8497]

Love your videos I am hard of hearing and have worn hearing aids since i 3 years old

[@OurSignedWorld]

Thanks for watching!