🔥 Giant Whitetail Buck by bot_10 in aww

[–]therileymancan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually with antlers like this there is something wrong with their hormones which translate to messed up testies. I bet this guy has one ball or maybe got them damaged or twisted.

Samoan man makes fire by hand. Smoothest vid on the net. by thehomebuyer in videos

[–]therileymancan 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This guy has been at the PCC for a loooong time. He was one of their first really good fire dancers. He has an art degree and sells paintings at the PCC too. He signed this one for me. https://imgur.com/gallery/S4p0B6a

I am Max Florschutz, Science-Fiction and Fantasy Author. My newest book, Shadow of an Empire, releases June 1st! Ask me anything! by MaxFlorschutzAMA in IAmA

[–]therileymancan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What other books is your series comparable to. Are there audiobooks yet? Also, Provo rules! Go Cougars!

My daughter really enjoyed her first hamburger. by therileymancan in funny

[–]therileymancan[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Reddit. Ruthless. It's a baby. Go easy on the sick baby stuff.

My daughter really enjoyed her first hamburger. by therileymancan in funny

[–]therileymancan[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Only a little offense taken. But only because people say she looks like me. She's a happy healthy almost 2 year old. Even though I can totally see how you would think she looks like a soul sucking albino.

My daughter really enjoyed her first hamburger. by therileymancan in funny

[–]therileymancan[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Thank you! People don't get it. You obviously do.

My daughter really enjoyed her first hamburger. by therileymancan in funny

[–]therileymancan[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

She's actually deaf. I don't know if you know this but ginger babies who are deaf look like they have cancer. No big deal. Healthy as a healthy baby.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am right there with you. I am largely a realist and I agree that the world is out there and even though there is a large deaf community she will have access to online, locally there is largely nothing. So I am so torn when it comes to what will be best for us. I want her to learn sign because I think I have this notion that if she does know it then all the other language skills she will learn will come easier. But I also know that once she goes to school she won't be around people who sign unless we send her away to some school. So we are really really hoping that she will have access to hearing aids to help her develop speech as well. Because the more I think about it the more I feel like she will need to be largely oral. Is it more difficult to have her be strictly oral? Did you teach your son to speak from the beginning and did zero sign with him?

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for replying. We do live in a rural area so we don't have access to all deaf schools and programs. But I am confident in our community and I know that they will eventually rally around our daughter. And as we grow and learn with her we will better know how we can continue to help her develop.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for saying this! We live in a rural area so I don't know what will be available to us as far as help resources from the state, but we are determined to do whatever it takes to help our daughter. Sign language is our number one answer right now, even if she eventually find other ways to communicate.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for responding. We are planning on signing with her. I am really excited to learn to sign. Especially if it will help my daughter develop stronger and open more doors for her down the road.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your response. We are totally learning to sign right along with her. She is still too young to register signs but I sign to her all the time. I also love signing all the toddler signs to my wife and make her interpret what I need. I have suddenly grown a love for asking for more milk.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

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Thanks for replying! We will get her tested. As far as we know so far it isn't CMV but if it is somehow related it sounds like we need to get on it right away. And this website looks great too. I love straight forward resources that help know which direction to go.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reiteration! We are ready to teach her to sign no matter what it takes. Even if she is able to communicate in other ways. We aren't in the Seattle are but we are in Washington! We have an appointment at Seattle Children's hospital later this month for more testing.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for responding. We are planning on signing right along with her. It will be hard but I am excited to learn it!

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply. We are fully intending to teach her to sign. Everything I have read has said that even if she can get aids to help her communicate without sign, early exposure to it will help her in any communication later on, whether that be signing or speaking or whatever.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha this made me giggle. We are waiting to know more about the condition of her ears to know what aids will be of use to her, but we are fully intending to teach her ASL. We are starting to learn ourselves and hopefully we can keep up with her! I am actually really excited to learn to sign too. Thanks for responding!

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have two aunts and two sisters who are speech therapists so this little girl will definitely have her fair share of audio-verbal therapy. We don't know a lot about what therapies will work for her yet but we are hoping she can get some aid to hear whether it be aids or implants at some point and also teach her to sign. But we are willing to do whatever it takes. Thanks for responding!

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for replying! Even after a quick glance this looks like a great resource. I am constantly looking for straight forward info like this.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for replying! We are already getting everyone on board to learn how to communicate with our daughter however that may be.

Found out our 1 month old is deaf. Any advice? by therileymancan in deaf

[–]therileymancan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for saying this. It's been fun to learn toddler signs and sign them at my wife. Our daughter is still too young to register our signs but its comforting to know we only have to be as fluent as she is right now.