Thread: What Do You Look Like ?

Who's the cutie on your shoulder?

That's my youngest Makenna Sky. the last 5 months she's gotten even prettier as hard as it is for me to believe. she is almost always happy, just a smile ready for you any time. starting first thing in the morning too. I'm looking forward to her talking, so we can communicate both ways and I can find out more about her personality.

her 2.5yo sister is my side kick. I take her all over with me. not as mello as the younger one (she takes more after me, the ltitle one after her mom) she is quite the talker and loves hanging out with dad.

Riley Quinn

Originally Posted by Big Red

I'm looking forward to her talking, so we can communicate both ways and I can find out more about her personality.

Oh man, I'm right there with you. Marlow Gaél is almost 11 months now and is starting to communicate. We're sure it's mostly English coming out of his mouth, but he hears Spanish too and we sign to him. He's starting to sign back. Personality? He's got that in spades, but he's bipolar or something. He ranges from jubilant to tyrannical, so more communication skills are eagerly awaited.

Originally Posted by xman

and we sign to him. He's starting to sign back.

We taught our oldest basic sign language for the moment she could wave her hand, and she really got into it. She could communicate her basic needs before she was 1 year old. The transition to speech came at 18 months, and she spoke in full sentences before her second birthday.
Before her third she had mastered past, present and future tense, left / right, the colors of the rainbow, counting to 20, days of the week, ...
Sign language gave her a head start.

My youngest learned a couple of signs, but she didn't really take after her sister.
She understands spoken language well enough, but she doesn't bother trying to say words unless she really wants something.

I think sign language is great for kids, and it is a good way for kids to express themselves before they master speech.
For some reason a lot of people our age (and their parents) seemed really opposed to the idea (and don't do it because 'it's weird') despite remarking about the sign communication skills of our oldest when she was a year.

It's amazing what toddlers can already conciously tell you if you give them a means to communicate.