Amazing leap in signing

Of Reu's 15 signs, here he is signing:
BABY, DOG, MAMA, (DADDY being substituted with groin grabbing) DIAPER, (understanding FEET), MILK, BOOK, CAT, SLEEP, CAR, STRETCH.

He learnt 3 new signs on Saturday afternoon alone - CAR, BOOK, CAT, despite being ill and on antibiotics for trachyitus. A lovely present for his daddy's 40th! Some of the signs are so beautifully executed (MILK) that they're easy for anyone to decipher. BOOK has just got better and better since the weekend despite it being a tricky sign to learn.

Another beautiful thing: when I ask Reuben to Kiss Mama, he'll pull my face towards his over and over. It's a gorgeous thing. I can't believe this signing explosion by Reuben. He gets it and he loves it. I think it's truly amazing that at 13 months he can have so many signs under his belt and the speed at which he learns new signs is phenomenal. The sweetest irony is when I play back the video clips of Reuben signing and out of the corner of my eye, see Reuben listening to the quiet tones emanating from my camera and duly signing back. The eye tubes/grommits have made a wonderful difference to his hearing, with or without his aid. His babbling is coming on great too. Once we start using the Passy Muir valve over his trach which directs air and thus sound up through his mouth, those babbles may materialise into early vocabulary.

The World is truly his oyster.

Curb my enthusiasm. I love teaching him ASL signs.