Sign Language

Your baby can learn sign language!

Here's how to say:

• "Please change my diaper": Turn beet red and make straining expression, then smile.


• "I'd like something to eat, please": Cram fist in mouth and suck wildly.


• "I'm tired": Make a series of weeping gestures before closing eyes and lolling head backward.


• "Please pass me that thing up there that I can't reach": Point and grunt, then continue pointing and open mouth into screaming position.


• "No thank you. I think I've had enough": Throw food or object to floor with exaggerated grin.

This was a little joke including in one of my weekly Baby Center emails that updates me on what Emma should be doing by now. I thought it so funny and timely! Emma has just now starting pointing a lot for things she wants. Just last night at dinner, I would feed her pasta and stars and just as soon as she swallowed she was pointing for applesauce. And once she swallowed that she wanted pasta. It was never ending but so funny!