Scout knows quite a few signs now and it REALLY helps to know what she wants. She knows diaper change, eat, more(which also means "I want" if she is pointing to something), nurse (which also means "I'm tired" if signed in the evening ), baby, and ball. We are currently working on sit, drink, and help. We've never been very consistent with doing the signs for mommy and daddy. But lately, I've noticed that Scout seems to have made up her own sign for daddy. Every time I would say, "Daddy's home" or "Where's Daddy?" She would rest her fist on the middle of her chest and tap her chest softly with her index finger. DH and I had no idea where she came up with this sign. It amazed me that she made it up all by herself.

Until.....a lightbulb went off in my head one day and I realized that she was simply mimicking us. You see, instead of doing the sign for mommy and daddy, we normally just point to ourselves and say "I'm Mommy" or "I'm Daddy". I guess we thought that would help her learn who is who. So now, she thinks that the sign for daddy (and maybe mommy too?) is tapping on her chest. LOL!

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