Maddux is changing in so many ways now that she's officially not a baby anymore. For starters, she signs 'more' at every meal now. She doesn't always do it on command (in fact, sometimes she yells at the person requesting her performance), but she does it a lot. And just like Eli did when he first mastered that sign, she is so precise with her motion, you'd think she was trying to enunciate! Same goes for milk. Last night she gave us the double-milk sign (signing milk with both hands at once), which cracked Eli up. She also says a few words here and there, but nothing consistent so far. For example, sometimes she'll play with or point to books and say, "buuh".
There are two things that make me smile every time right now. First are hand motions, but not signs. If you start singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider", Maddie immediately moves her fingers together in a 'more' shape and moves them up and down (like I do when I sing and do hand signs with her for that song). She also sings along by making cute noises in a somewhat musical way. She absolutely loves when you sing to her. Maddie's head bobs and, if she's standing, her knees buckle as she tries to dance.
The second thing is Mad Dog's new game of peek-a-boo.
She's always liked to play it, hiding behind a chair or a toy and
peeking out to elicit attention. Now she plays with her hands, but it's very ruff-and-tuff. Maddux covers her face (usually just one eye though) with her hands, but in doing so, she ends up smacking her face pretty hard. She doesn't seem to mind, but I've got to think she'll get tired of the stinging sensation sooner or later.
Maddux is changing in so many ways now that she's officially not a baby anymore. For starters, she signs 'more' at every meal now. She doesn't always do it on command (in fact, sometimes she yells at the person requesting her performance), but she does it a lot. And just like Eli did when he first mastered that sign, she is so precise with her motion, you'd think she was trying to enunciate! Same goes for milk. Last night she gave us the double-milk sign (signing milk with both hands at once), which cracked Eli up. She also says a few words here and there, but nothing consistent so far. For example, sometimes she'll play with or point to books and say, "buuh".
There are two things that make me smile every time right now. First are hand motions, but not signs. If you start singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider", Maddie immediately moves her fingers together in a 'more' shape and moves them up and down (like I do when I sing and do hand signs with her for that song). She also sings along by making cute noises in a somewhat musical way. She absolutely loves when you sing to her. Maddie's head bobs and, if she's standing, her knees buckle as she tries to dance.
The second thing is Mad Dog's new game of peek-a-boo. She's always liked to play it, hiding behind a chair or a toy and peeking out to elicit attention. Now she plays with her hands, but it's very ruff-and-tuff. Maddux covers her face (usually just one eye though) with her hands, but in doing so, she ends up smacking her face pretty hard. She doesn't seem to mind, but I've got to think she'll get tired of the stinging sensation sooner or later.
2 comments:
Such cute pictures. It is really good for the kids to learn signs. My aunt is deaf so my Mom knows sign language fluently...she has taught David since he was baby. It's awesome!
She is such an adorable little girl! Isn't it neat to watch them learn sign language? We taught our son some baby sign and now we're working on it with our 18 month old foster daughter.
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