Baby Sign Language

I am so, so proud of my little girl! Kaylee and I started learning sign language about 4 months ago. She can sign over 20 words, and uses atleast 5 of them regularly! She is so smart. She even made up her own sign for "hot". I read that you should encourage kids when they make up their own signs, so Shaun and I have started using her new sign as well. The real sign for hot is to touch your mouth and move your hand away from your mouth while opening your fingers. Kaylee opens her mouth, points inside of it and makes the H sound. How cute is that?! The sign she uses the most is "all done". She uses it every time she finishes a meal or snack. I want to keep learning and teaching Kaylee sign language but I feel like we should focus more on her talking. When she started using signs she stopped using her voice. We stopped teaching her new signs about a month ago, and she is already talking more. I want to keep signing with her but obviously her talking is more important. I'm stuck because I would hate to start signing again and have her stop talking when shes been saying so many new words. I think ill wait a while. I just hope she doesn't forget the signs she already knows. Here is Kaylee signing "up"!

Til next time, Katie