Baby communication

Squeakums is blossoming with his sign language. He started doing “please” within the last two weeks (his version is both hands slapping on his chest accompanied by an exuberant cry). “Potty” is the new sign he started this week (one fist waving an ASL ‘T’ for toilet). He’s also showing interest in learning how to get himself on and off his little potty. We’re excited about that since the elimination communication has not worked as well as we, or rather I, (mom) had hoped. He rarely ever goes in the potty anymore, just in his diapers, even though we try to offer it to him. Yes, we’re still in cloth diapers except at night and occasionally for naps when we expect a poop. So his now signing “potty” and pointing to it and being happy to sit on it, though briefly, is great news.

He discovered a bongo type drum on the stage this week as well. Now whenever he walks into the lounge, he beelines for the drum and starts beating on it, as if he knows what he’s doing! His version of dancing is bouncing up and down, sometimes bending at the knee, and sometimes going on tippy toes. It’s sweet. Every day brings so much joy with him. He loves to be tickled and surprised and play peek-a-boo with blankets. He also loves to watch mommy and daddy tickle eachother and laugh, he joins in quickly with big laughter.

Then tonight he started saying “nana’ for banana…which he loves to eat! Dad gave him a while banana this weekend at family camp and he chomped his way through the whole thing before Dad realized what was happening. Not eating the peel of course. However, he bowel movements have reaped the consequences. Bananas cause constipation in babies, FYI.

Other words he’s saying:
MORE he says like “noah”
DAD is “dah”
HAT is “t”