Mark and I have been using sign language for a few key concepts - "change", "eat", "more" and "play" since Katie was about 6 months old. The workshop leader told us not to expect a response until somewhere between 12 and 18 months. She would respond to signs with big smiles and claps when we guessed right (especially for a "change"!) but about a week or so before Thanksgiving, we realized that she was making a version of the sign for "change" - and asking for her diaper to be changed!
We immediately set out to teach her "please" in time for Thanksgiving, and her vocabulary has since grown to include about 5 or 6 signs that she makes regularly, even putting them together into sentences! Here's a short demonstration:
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