Signs

When Avery was small, I loved signing with him. I did not know any sign language before learning with and teaching him. It was amazing to have him start signing at just 10months old, be signing like crazy by 12 months and then to be verbally saying the words he had been signing by 15months.

Paige has been on a different course. For those of you who know Paigey Pants well - you'll understand. I started signing with Paige earlier than Avery, since he took to it so quickly. She signed 'milk' at just 8 months old. She quickly played the imp and decided it was fun to tease mama and made up her own fake sign for milk. She has been signing 'all done' after meals for some time now. Other than that, she's been fairly content to just grunt. The three of us can differentiate the grunts and know precisely what she is requesting. Over the past few days, however, she's become a signing maniac!!!! She signs 'thank you' when buckled into her booster seat at the table or when Avery kisses her; she signs 'airplane' everyday as we leave daycare and she sees the plane at the air museum or when she spots one in the sky (this sign is accompanied by a machine like noise as well!); she signs 'hat', 'baby', 'hot', 'bath'; tonight she learned 'dog'. Its simply amazing!!! Its so much fun to have our babies communicating before they gain their verbal skills.