Lily signed her first word on Tuesday. She signed more when she wanted me to play her gobbling turkey I got her that day. She did it about 5 times and then wouldn't do it anymore that day. I couldn't get her to sign it the rest of the week either so I thought maybe she wasn't signing but just clapping since that is a fairly new thing she has been doing. So today when I was feeding her, I said "Mmmmmore," before giving her another bite (we're working on the mmmm sound). After hearing me say "mmmmore" she signed it! I didn't even sign it. Yay for Lily! I have been saying it and signing it all week though. She continued to sign more as well as say "mmmmm" during the rest of lunch. It figures that just as we're ready to stop signing and focus completely on oral communication, she starts signing. This makes me question our decision to be strictly oral. If she can communicate with us now, I want her to be able to. We may continue using a few signs for basic communication. Signs like more, eat, drink, hurt, milk.
Lily definitely wants to communicate with us. She has been hearing for a little less than 2 weeks and she is already imitating the ahhh sound and the mmmm sound after she hears me say it. Our journey has just begun, and we are so excited for the new things Lily will learn and do each day.
That is so exciting! Yay Lily! We continued to use baby signs in the beginning, but have recently tried to drop them because Aiden was focusing more on signing things like, more and milk, than saying them. They definitely helped though and still show us he is understanding what we are saying. Right now receptive is more important than expressive, so if she's signing more when you're saying it, she's totally getting it! You have a little rockstar on your hands! Yippee!
ReplyDeleteThat is soooo great! I'm so thrilled for you guys! We're totally in the same boat as Tammy right now, but I still value the signs that Lucas knows, and the ability they gave him to communicate with us. I love that they show his understanding too. We're at the point where I ask him "how do you sign ___," and he does it. It's so crazy to think that he hears that well. It is fantastic that she's already repeating ahhh and mmmmm... Lucas is still stuck on those, although he just started saying ooooo too. She's going to amaze you!!! I love it!
ReplyDeleteYAY, LILY!!!! You go girl!! That is amazing that you are already saying sounds. It won't be too long before you are talking your mom and dad's ears off.
ReplyDeleteYAY LILY! That is such AWESOME news! I can't wait to see her again... we need to meet for dinner sometime... miss you! Love, Carrie
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