Dougie Learns a Sign

We've been trying to do Baby Signs with Dougie. Apparently, it can help make the 2 year old stage a bit easier because when they don't have the ability to say the word, they can do the sign instead. Theoretically, this reduces the number of communication related tantrums. We'll see about that, but in the meantime, we're trying to teach him some signs. We've been doing this for a few months now and though Dougie seemed to understand some of them, he wouldn't actually make any signs. Yesterday, he made his first sign, "jump". Yes, I know, not the most useful sign for an 11 month old but he does love to jump. We're hoping this will be the beginning of many more signs to come.