Signing

Bugga has been more vocal lately and seems to be babbling a lot more.  Which we are very excited about and it's super cute.  He has learned a lot of animal sounds and will proudly do them anytime he's asked.

A lot of people have asked me if I thought that all his signing would hinder his verbal communication, and I honestly didn't know.  He communicates great with us through signing, but I know a lot of other kids his age that say more words.  I wouldn't say I was worried about it, but I was definitely keeping an eye on it.

However, when we were at the library, one of the Mom's saw us signing together and she said, "oh that's great that you're doing that!  I did it with my daughter."  We talked about it a little bit and I asked her if it seemed like her daughter had been delayed with speaking because she could sign.  She told me that she would just speak and sign at the same time and she didn't think that it would hinder Bugga at all.

It was encouraging to hear that because I enjoy signing with him but I don't want to be a hindrance in any way!  So it was nice to have some reinforcement from other successful parents.  :)

JVG