O.K. All credit due here goes to Aunt Rachel. We were over at their house for dinner on Thursday night and Rachel was showing Sara Beth the sign for more. Before we left Sara Beth signed it once. Rachel was VERY excited. She showed Emma and Leah because she said if she had any hope of Sara Beth learning it, they would have to show her too! NO faith in me!! Then on Friday we were over again and she practiced with her again. Holding out on blueberries worked really well, because she did it a few more times. I will be honest. I did think "yeah right". Well she is signing it a lot now. Every time we have been in Rachel's presence she has tried to get Sara Beth to sign more. She has picked it up very quickly. I guess I am a believer :). Today while I was giving her some lunch, every time I put a bite in her mouth, she would do HER sign for more. I got so tickled. Food is something she doesn't play around with. If she thinks she will get more, she will do whatever it takes. Thanks Aunt Rachel for showing me some ways to communicate so I don't have to yell at mama all the time!! I guess we (Rachel) need to work on some more. She is just brilliant!! What can I say?
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of course she is brilliant! :) But then again, she has a brilliant aunt! :) No, seriously- I am so proud of her for picking it up so quickly! Now we can work on "eat" (so she can request food instead of yell, initially), maybe "milk", and definitely "please" and "all done!" So excited!!
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