But despite all of this - yes, even the extra disturbed nights - he is a constant source of amazement and delight to us every day. He is learning so much and it's a thrill to see him examine things to work out how they fit together. Or more often come apart. (In fact I got home from work yesterday to find beside my bed that he'd taken the cellophane wrapper off a completely sealed pack of - oh, hang on, perhaps I shouldn't say.)
His walking is slowly becoming more confident and he beams with pride as he wobbles from one place to another. He talks constantly. Such an expressive language he has - it would be lovely to know what he's saying a lot of the time because he clearly has a lot to say and wants us to hear it.
And that brings me to one of my favourite things - he's using an increasing number of signs to really communicate with us. We started Sing and Sign classes when he was only about six months old, and we're about to move up to the stage two class. It's only been recently that he's actually started to use the signs himself, but now he's realised they work he seems to be adding more and more to his repertoire. Off the top of my head, he currently uses the following signs fairly consistently and in an appropriate context
- milk
- finished
- hot
- monkey
- elephant (not the official sign
but one he made up) - home
- up
- bird
- dog
- music
- bee*
- cat*
- cow*
- rabbit*
(* these last few a only vague approximations, but he's working on them!)
I'm sure there are more - I'll update the list when I think of them. He sees us - especially me - using them much of the time so is beginning to make the connections between the signs, the words, and the objects. And all before he can talk. Well, before he can talk our language, anyway.
3 comments:
Kirsten knows his pain! She just got over a double ear infection, sinus infection, and conjunctivitus herself. Glad that he is on the mend. Unfortunate that you recieved the stomach bug. Ick.
What a smart little guy knowing all those signs.
Awwww. We hope Ainsworth is feeling up to his old self soon (the rest of the family too!)
He's getting so big.
Hi Ainsworth,
sorry to hear youve had a tummy bug! I had one last week too and it want much fun. Poor mummy had to change so many lots of bedding despite having the tummy bug herself too!
Well done on learning so many signs! Its so much fun getting the big people to understand what you want! Before you know it you will be babbling away with your hands, much to the grown ups delight!
Looking foward to seeing you again on wednesday at sing and sign! I cant wait to start stage 2!
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