Recently I have been introducing more sign language to Aaron. I started introducing it when he was 9 months or so. He wasn't very interested at that point, so I stopped. For a while now Aaron has been doing his version of "more". Its really nice because he can let me know what he wants without screaming or whining. Don't worry, we still get some of that. He also signed all done, which is mainly used when eating. A couple of days ago I taught him "please". To sign please you rub your hand in a circle on your chest. As you can see from the video, he just rubs his chest, but we know what he is saying. Sometimes he will even make a "p" sound. So, I am going to continue to teach him sign language as I think it will be very helpful until he can talk good. He is saying more and more as well. Most of the words are approximations (thats a big word for me!!), or just the first syllable. As of now he says; mama, dada, night night, mo (more), bye, hot, hey, milk, ball, out, bath. I do have to admit that ball and bath are pretty much the same "ba" and out and hot are very similar. I just know what he means due to context.
Luckily he is learning to communicate more and more, but when it comes to walking...he wants very little to do with it. He took his first steps almost 2 months ago (by himself). Now, he could walk across a room, if he wanted to. But he won't. Every time I try to get him to walk, he just plops on his butt. At this point, I am just hoping he will walk by the time he enters kindergarden. Until then, I guess I better start lifting wieghts so I can keep carrying him around.
Thanks Uncle Brian and Aunt Jen for the extra encouragement that Aaron needed. It seemed as if he forgot for a couple of weeks that he could walk at all.
