Sebby did his first sign this week. One day at lunchtime he was crawling towards me, crying, and he kept sitting up and putting his hands together. At first I thought he was clapping, but then I realized he was saying "more." (I guess he's still working on discriminating between "more" and "eat.") Then, when I got his food out, he signed "more" every time I paused in my spooning. He seemed so happy and pleased with himself--he'd look at the food, then at me, then sign "more"--and break into a huge grin when it worked and I actually gave him more. It must be so empowering to suddenly be able to communicate like that. And it's a lot less noisy than his alternate method (yelling), too.
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