AIBU to say this to DD...

[Thespiderinthebath]

" I love you to infinity and beyond".

As outsiders seem to look at us strangely. I usually sign this to her as well as saying it.

I notice people saying "I love you to the moon and back" nowadays. I got a necklace for my sister with this on it.

What the hell, do it whilst you can if it makes both happy!

For years DS2 and I used to have this at bedtime.....
DS2 - Do ya wuv me?
Me - I wuv ya
DS2 - Do ya wuv Tigger? (favorite toy)
Me - I wuv Tigger
DS2 - Do ya wuv me best?
Me - I wuv ya best (big squeezed hug, kiss on the nose, pat hands together, lights out)

He's enormous and 21 now, and remembering this has given me a HUGE smile!

Blimey! Sod "performance parenting"!! I think it's lovely to show your children how much you love them whenever and wherever. Those who think it's wrong are clearly deeply insecure and want their children to end up hiding their feelings as something to be ashamed off which is really sad. I think it's a lovely thing to say OP.

Ooh, I'd be envying you! I'm afraid I'd watch you closely trying to work out what the signs meant. I might, if I saw you a few times, ask you about it, but it would be because I was interested, not judgey.

I think most people are like me.

Anyway, don't stop doing it. You and dd know what's what and any judgey-pants idiots around are irrelevant.

You can never tell someone you love them too much, life's too short this, a thousand times this

Racundra

How generous of you to make an exception for parents to sign, i.e. communicate to children with a hearing impairment.

Now, go a step further. What about signing to children without hearing impairments, in the same family as a hearing impaired sibling? Is it still "performance parenting" to bring up your other children as BSL-users?

What about if one of the parents has a hearing impairment, or any member of the family?

Hmmm?

I think all kids should be BSL users. wish it was taught in school.

My Dad and I still have a thing like this we say to each other.

Wish I knew BSL too ecclescake. It's an amazing life skill to have. I sign (the small amount of baby signing - sorry I know that's not the proper name for it) to DC all the time and probably get funny looks but I'm a brazen, insensitive old trout so don't care haha.

Why would that BU? I normally say '...more than words can say' We don't even say the first bit anymore. It's what my mum said to me.

I did Makaton for a little while. It's not proper signing. I wish I knew BSL. I, too, think it should be taught in all primaries (but I know teachers have too much on their plates already). It would make a vast difference to society, in just a generation.

DH went to night class to learn BSL, he never really gets chance to use it regularly so has forgotten a lot, but there have been times when we have been out where he has passed a comment with someone signing and they have been delighted. I keep saying I will learn too and we can sign to each other.