Tuesday, July 29, 2008

She did it!!

She signed milk. Corey and I were watching a movie (yes...it's our nightly thing since AFN sucks) and Corey says, "She signed milk. She wants some milk". Of course I'm skeptical so I continue to watch the movie. I notice the time and it is about the time for her to have her last bottle of the day. So I asked Corey if she really did it and for some reason I get this big, silly grin on my face. I sign/say to Nadia "Do you want milk?" and she looks at me as to say, "Yes...why teach me if you're not going to respond" then she signed milk again. I run to the kitchen, still smiling, and get her bottle ready. Then I decide to put it in a sippy cup. We've been giving her water from a sippy cup and she'll only drink about 2 ounces. I've tried giving her milk in a sippy cup but she doesn't want to have anything to do with it. I figured since she wanted milk, it wouldn't hurt to try a sippy cup and she drank it. She drank the milk from the sippy cup!! She signed milk and then drank it from a sippy cup. I'm cheesing as I write this. I didn't think I would get this excited once she started signing. Half the time when I'm signing to her she looks at me like I'm crazy. She just makes me so proud. I just love watching her accomplishments as little as they may be. Yay Nadia!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very Good. She's gettting big.

Rania said...

YEAH NADIA! :)

That's awesome! That's great that you were able to teach her communication through sign language. That will be a VERY useful tool in keeping frustrations at bay. I am so proud of you and your little girl!

Can't wait to hear more about her accomplishments!

Rania