Baby Signs

Last Saturday Casey, Orin, and I attended a baby sign language workshop.

Baby sign language is used as a way to communicate with infants

before they are capable of producing complex sounds.

Because everybody knows, babies are opinionated.

Very opinionated.

Signing gives them a chance to express their feelings in a way

that is more complex than 

"things are okay"

and

"everything is wrong"

Orin was a little skeptical when I told him where we were going.

He thought he already knew all of the important signs.

Like "I can play upright bass guitar"

When we arrived at the workshop,

Orin was introduced to Bee-Bo, the Amazing Signing Bear.

He showed his enthusiasm for their new friendship 

by promptly falling asleep. 

Casey and I stayed awake, however, and

learned a lot from the class.

We are going to start teaching Orin some beginner signs

like "milk," "more," "pain," "bird,"

and "puppy" 

By the end of the class, Orin had woken up, just in time to check out

 some of the signing books.

He loves books and will immediately grab at them

if you put them in front of him.

However, he doesn't quite grasp the concept of reading yet,

and he often tries to shove them in his mouth

And now I realize that I have, once again,

neglected the "baby updates" section.

As I write this, Orin is reminding me that I have not mentioned that

he can now make farting noises.

He thinks it's hysterical and does them all the time.

He also has decided that he does not like any position other than standing up

and spends a lot of time in his bungee baby bouncer

dancing and bouncing around in the living room.

Just over a week shy of four months.

It happens too fast.