Ok, now F is signing

Back in August, I reported that F was signing 'more'. It turned out to be a false alarm. After the post, she never did it again.

But in the last 24 hours, she is definitely signing 'finished'. As in this little conversation from the end of lunch today. 

Me: F, we don't throw food onto the floor. If you're finished, you can sign 'finished'.
F signs finished.
End of meal. 

F is signing

She's done "more" at a couple of meal times now. Mostly when she's desperate and thinks she's being ignored.

So proud of my girl :)

I'm yet to catch a photo of it, I'll post one when I do. 

Signing

I was at the computer this afternoon when SP left his toys and came over. He tapped me on the arm to get my attention and signed 'eat'. We went to get afternoon tea.

No crying, no whingeing, no misunderstanding. Just communication.

I love signing!

Sign time

I'm so thankful that we've been doing some signing with SP. His expressive language may not be great at this point ('mama' is reliable and specific & he said 'gama' (grandma) and 'bub' for the first time yesterday), but with signing he can definitely get his message across. And I'm enjoying learning some Auslan too. Maybe it will come in useful someday.


His favourite signs are:

• finished
• bye bye
• plane
• car
• milk
• cheese (I think. We only started this one a couple of days ago, as cheese is his favourite food)
• cuddles
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (twinkle hands & a 'diamond')
• Away in a Manger (cuddle arms & a sleeping head)
• me (especially when we're reading his God Loves Me Bible. "God loved [insert bible character here]. And God loves 'ME'". So cute!)

 I had some photos of Twinkle Twinkle and Me to share, but I just realised they're on Aunty Rachel's camera. I'll post them soon.