We did it! Brandon and I completed 4 weeks at our American Sign Language course for babies. It sure was fun. We learned all kinds of useful signs like "play", "bath", "milk", "eat" and "more". We learned the alphabet and we the learned signs for the animals we see at the zoo. We learned the signs for different foods and colours. We sang songs and we made new friends. Overall, it was a really great experience :)
One thing all the moms wanted to know was "when will my baby sign back to me?" The instructor says it varies but a lot of babies begin signing around 10 months. She added that signing will help them with vocabulary and literacy once they start speaking. She also said that a lot of kids will continue to sign long after they can talk, especially if they're shy.
Attached is a picture of Brandon making the sign for "play" (yah right! you have to use your imagination a bit) and he often makes the sign for "milk" ;) His all time favourite is the "5 little ducks" song but hanging out with his new friends in class was pretty fun too.
On a completely other note - Brandon slept through the night for the first time! He went down at 8PM and didn't wake up until 7AM. Jamie and I both checked on him in the night, just to make sure he was OK :) My fingers are crossed that he can keep this up!
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