Hey Baby, What's Your Sign?

In the weeks surrounding his first birthday, Bry has really taken off with the concept of baby signs. He's been signing "more" for awhile, but since that one involves getting more food tossed in his direction, it's not much of a surprise that he caught on to it first. There was also a period when he seemed to use "more" to signal wanting just about anything. He's been quickly expanding his repertoire though and Steve and I are needing to catch up to learn some new signs to teach him. He's recently added the following to the mix: milk, cheese, banana, diaper, gentle, loud, bath, and hat. As you might imagine, this vocabulary makes for some scintillating conversations. Bry also seems to believe that waving vigorously means "kitty," since he waves like crazy every time the cat comes into view. He also waves madly when we just say kitty, so even though the signals may be getting crossed a little, we generally know what he's talking about. He sometimes makes up composites of the signs too, so that banana, gentle, cheese, and help (which I think he knows, but am not sure) sometimes morph together and we need to add the context of the situation to decipher his meaning. We can tell that Bry is pleased as punch that he's able to communicate, especially when it means that more cheese is coming his way, pronto. We're pretty darn pleased ourselves.