We have been teaching Maceo sign language since he was about 7 months old, and while Opie and I continue to learn new signs, Maceo has only really used one so far (although he understands most of the ones we use). Opie and I can say the following in sign language: milk, music, tree, plane,spider,all the colors, butterfly, rain, wind, cloud, sleepy, diaper change, pain, mama, daddy, grandma, grandpa, friend, play, hungry, water, plane and the most important sign....BIRD!! Maceo's first word and first sign...one day we were signing bird to him and he put his hand in the air looked out the window and said "brrrrr" really softly and seriously. Here is a picture of him doing the same thing in the yard. We have a ton of crows that live in our neighboorhood and they are so dynamic for him to watch, these big black loud creatures its no wonder that "brrrr" would be his first word! If you listen really close to the video you can hear him say "brrr" and listen to how loud the crows are!!
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