Simon sign update

We've focused on words the last few posts, but Simon still communicates a lot with signs and we're continuing to teach him new signs. He picks them up really fast and it reduces the wining and crying faces because he can say exactly what he wants. Here is an update on the signs that Simon knows and the new ones we're actively teaching him.

Signs Simon knows:

1. More
2. Milk
3. Drink
4. All Done (cross hand/wrists in front of you and move apart)
5. Food/Eat (which we also use for hungry)
6. Book (as in 'Read it to me')
7. Please
8. Dog (Simon just does the pant part that we put with it)
9. Diaper (as in 'change my diaper')
10. I'm sleepy, time for bed.  (This is one we made up. Simon touches his head with one hand for 'I'm tired' and with both hands for 'I'm really tired.')
11. Where'd it go? (Amy/Lisa taught him this in early July and it's one of his favorite signs. He puts both hands up in the are and makes a question noise with his voice, usually while looking down around for whatever he dropped or we took away.)
12. Jenn (Also one we made up. We were trying to teach him Jenn's name and it turned into a sign. It's Simon tapping his own chest!)

New signs we are teaching Simon:

1. Airplane
2. Swing - put your first and second fingers pointed down with the other fingers and thumb tucked up, like you're making little legs and swing your hand at the wrist. This is much simpler than the one on baby signs. Learned it from a speech therapist mom at the park!
3. Shoes
4. Swim
5. Wind
6. Happy
7. Hurt
8. Monkey
9. Down - point down