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We’ve been using some sign language with Marshall for the past few months. About a week ago he started signing back to us. He does the sign for “diaper change” and “more”. The theory is that children know how to communicate their needs (or wants!) well before they can talk. Marshall knows what he wants and if things don’t go his way, often the end result is that he screams. In this instance, you can see here in the first photo he started to get noisy, as he saw the waffle and he was hungry. 

It wasn’t enough that we were about to hand him a waffle, he wanted it 5 minutes ago. After we asked him if he wanted “more” (with signing), he signed back “more”. 

It got quiet pretty quickly after that. It’s difficult to talk or scream with a mouth full of food.