Mira has started signing banana now also. Not perfectly, but it is clearly what she is doing. Kate says she has been doing it for a little while. My first experience with it was last night.
We were sitting at the table having dinner. Kate, Xander and I were having cheeseburgers. Mira was having some turkey pieces and some cheese. She wasn’t very happy with that after a few bites. She was looking at something on the table and signing more.
I looked at her and said, “More what?” She made a sign that I though was a sloppy more. She took her left hand in the more shape and kind of moved it over her right hand and down her arm a bit. I replied, “Yes, more.” I started pointing at things on the table. Hamburger, no reaction. Crunchies, no reaction. Banana, she signed more. “Oh, you want some banana, ok,” I smiled. She smiled back at me. I decided this would be a good chance to teach her a sign.
“Mira, this is the sign for banana,” I said, showing her the sign. She quickly repeated the sign she had done earler, which I now clearly saw as banana. “Mira, I’m sorry, you were telling me what you wanted the whole time. Good girl.”
I was quite impressed.
