A quick learner...

I am so impressed at Jackson's ability to pick things up lately.

When I was pregnant Ron and I decided that we would teach "Baby Boy Horwath" sign language. It seemed like all the hip parents were signing to their children. I had done some research and read of the benefits of being able to communicate with a child much sooner than vocal language is learned. When Jackson was 7 months we signed up for a baby sign language class knowing that 7 months was the perfect time to start teaching an infant. We learned 30 or so signs and practiced them back and forth. We started Jackson with two signs. "More" and "Milk". For about two weeks we were so good at using these new signs with Jackson, but feeding times got busy and Jackson didn't immediately pick up on them and Mom and Dad got impatient, so we sort of threw the signs out the window for a little bit.

A few weeks ago Ron started signing with Jackson again and I made a point to help in the effort, and voila! It's working! Jackson now knows the signs for milk, more, AND all-done! What's next?

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