We’ve been signing with Ronan since he was about 6 months old, and I have to be honest with you… I’ve been disappointed over and over that he’s never seem interested, or ever tried to sign back.  Now, at ten months old, I was thinking about giving up on it.  He just wasn’t getting into it.

But last week, we had our first breakthrough!  Ronan has seemed to understand “milk” and “bath” for a while now, but with no reciprocation, there was no way to be sure.  Until, while feeding yogurt, I asked “Are you all done?  Or do you want more?”  showing him the signs for ‘all done’ and ‘more’ as I said the words.

He responded with an enthusiastic clap, an approximation of the ‘more’ sign, and I was THRILLED!!  I cheered, and laughed, and almost cried!  I called Brock, and then got out the video camera for a repeat performance!  Now, he does it at every meal.  ‘More, more, more’ until he’s full.  I can’t wait to see what his next sign will be.  We’ve got ‘all done’, ‘milk’, ‘bath’, and ‘eat’.  This is so very cool.