Words by mail

Little Bug’s words were delivered yesterday by USPS- which is great because he was getting of the old Signing Time’s we had. We had a pretty good night last night- he wasn’t completely better from the stomach virus he had, but he was in a better mood and seemed more active.

One of his favorite things at school is circle time, and more specifically, the shake it song:
You shake, and you shake, and you shake and you stop! Shh!
You shake, and you shake, and you shake and you stop! Shh!
YOU SHAAAAAAAAAKE ANND YOOUU STOP! Shh!

He now does the song by himself- no words but motions. He will sit in the back of the care and go through it, shaking his hands in the air, stopping and shaking some more. Last night, we were able to transition this to a new action- jumping. I was so proud of his ability to accept that change. I was waiting for it to be difficult, but he loved it and kept signing AGAIN. We have some new words to add to our list. I am currently sorting out the 10 he had before therapy and the rest. I am also sorting his signs into the ones he had before therapy and the ones after. It’s a bit of a monster, but it will let us accurately measure his progress. We also need to begin keeping track of which are UNPROMPTED and which are PROMPTED. For progress, they differentiate those two- as the goal is to get him not only *more* words, but *unprompted* meaningful speech- like he used to have. He used to say two word phrases and sometimes even sentences- I DID IT! We’ll get there. Little Bug will do what Little Bug will do when Little Bug is ready to do that. (For those of you who don’t watch signing time, it is from a song called Shine- about waiting and hoping for development) I need to remember this and not worry so much.

New Words:
Open
Stop
Paw (Potty)
Sit
Down
Be- big
Baby

New Signs:
Big
Blue
Colors
Red
Draw
Sit
Jump
Swim
Open
Come