"A Sign of the Times"

Judah has really latched on to this signing thing. Finally, after months of repetition! It's so fun to see him sign consistently and successfully! I think he loves it too, because he's figured out that if he signs "eat" he gets all kinds of different foods:) Because of all the progress he's made physically and mentally in the last few months, and the fact that he'll be 2 soon, I believe that he's ready for us to make more progress in the area of sign language. I have no idea what his speech capabilities are going to be. At this point he only has a handful of sounds. So, while we continually work on the oral, I think we need to put more effort into the signing. I talked to his teacher today when she was here for therapy, and she had some great suggestions and ideas for how to incorporate more signing into our daily routine. I'm a little overwhelmed by the task of learning more signs and routinely using them, but I'm also a little excited about it. Knowing how well Judah has responded to signing already, I believe that he'll make great progress here...on his timetable;) This is a new challenge, but with God's help I can do this, and so can Judah. And little Miss Lydia will make the challenge much more enjoyable (and hilarious) as she learns the new signs with me!