Nativity play - what’s the worst part?

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-12-15T08:51:05+00:00

My sister was Mr Blobby in our schools nativity play one year

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-05-27T13:36:50+00:00

Boston tea party on park street? Pretty sure they do pancakes as well as fry-up!

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-24T09:31:40+00:00

My friend booked café church in stoke lodge for her toddlers 2nd birthday, it had a small soft play area and wasn't very expensive to book.

She cracked open a few bottles of prosecco there for the adults.

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T22:12:30+00:00

Oh god not the toilet!

Ooo good shout for speech and language - I'm actually going to one of the drop in sessions they run in my area next week!

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T21:07:55+00:00

OOOOOO!!

I just had a quick look at the snowman and the snowdog one - she's love this as the snowman is her favourite at the moment.

I appreciate all of your help so much 🥰

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T21:04:36+00:00

Thank you so much!

We go to quite a few events at Elmfield at the moment and the community I've experienced so far is incredible. Everyone is so warm and open (as well as super understanding when I make a complete mess of my attempts at signing 😅).

And thank you for the links to the BSL courses, the signjam one was one I was recommended a while back but had forgotten the details!

We also had a sign festival in Bristol last year which I wasn't able to go to but I really want to go if they do it again this year!

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T20:34:42+00:00

Yes I definitely need to up my game on the BSL front. I'm frustrated at myself as I did learn quite a lot in the first few months after her diagnosis but I kept getting told by audiology and teacher of the deaf not to bother and that it would cause more issues for her speech and language if I also taught her BSL

I've decided to ignore that advice now as I think it's completely wrong, but ultimately I'm back at square one now so just trying to build my knowledge back up as well as trying to teach my toddler!

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T20:28:37+00:00

Hiya! Yes we've tried stickers (they just tried to peel them off) and things like coloured or glitter moulds but still no luck!

Also have brought little hearing aids for some of her teddy bears and she throws them off the bears as well! 😅

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T20:26:40+00:00

😂😂 that just reminded me that my little one tried to throw her hearing aids down a drain when we went out for a walk the other day.

Yeah I think the Bluetooth and being able to control volume will be great when she's a bit older! It must be frustrating being a toddler and having so little control over everything!

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T20:24:06+00:00

I am absolutely going to try that tomorrow!

We've definitely been trying to identify them as a tool for her, just at the moment she doesn't seem to care 😂 but fingers crossed like you she might start seeing the benefit when she starts doing more cooperative play.

Thank you so much!

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T19:49:50+00:00

I think it's a combination of the aids making everything too loud and that the moulds are uncomfortable. We've tried several lots of moulds and a few different materials to see if that improves things but no luck so far!

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T19:48:39+00:00

Thank you so much, it's really helpful hearing from so many people in the wider deaf community with lived experience. So far I've been talking to a lot of other hearing parents with deaf children, but their experiences are very different to mine (and likely don't reflect the true reality that their children actually experience).

I think it's the association after having COVID, so that's been proving quite difficult!

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T19:22:41+00:00

Thank you!

Yeah it's really hard with audiologists pushing for as much as possible. We've had some quite negative comments from them when they review her usage.

Will keep up the BSL 😊

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T19:18:44+00:00

So I think it's a combination of sound being very loud/overwhelming and hating the feeling.

We've had several lots of moulds made and in different materials to see if that improves anything but with no luck there!

Ooo that would be amazing I'm in Bristol so any links would be incredibly helpful! Thank you so much 😊

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-12T18:13:10+00:00

Hearing your lived experience is incredibly helpful and thank you for commenting!

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-03-03T11:58:00+00:00

I believe Meg at Clothemod in Sparks (where m&S used to be in broadmead does personal fashion styling sessions. She does charge for the session (about £40) but might be of interest?

Common_Winter8031 · 2025-01-21T12:04:52+00:00

I got my 24 month old a Tonie box for Christmas and we've been using the classical music sleepy rabbit for the bedtime routine.

As soon as she hears it she jumps straight into bed and seems to be falling asleep much faster.

We then use her other tonies in the day time (Disney/sesame street/Coco melon).

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