Baby sign language joke
My year-old grandson, Nick, told his first joke today. My son and his wife taught him some ASL so that he wouldn’t get frustrated at not being able to communicate vocally yet.
Nick signed that he would like a snack. My son signed back, asking him what he’d like. Nick signed, “Cat poop. Blue.” Then he laughed and laughed. Oh, dear. 
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Sounds like something lil MFM would've asked for, doesn't it?
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Meet Evan Stauff, who has had the left side of his brain removed due to epilectic seizures. I don't know if he can learn to speak, but being able to communicate his feelings and desires another way must be quite a blessing for him and his family alike.
Get some video of Nick signing -- it would be valuable for other parents who are interested!
On edit: Here's a boy with microcephaly (a brain too small to develop) -- you don't want someone his size having having tantrums because he can't communicate!
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...To answer your question about Evan's speech, yes, there is much potential for language/communication development.
As you saw just briefly in that particular video of him signing, he picked it up quite quickly. That was the first day I taught him to do it (a couple hours later after I started), and now a couple weeks later, he is much more proficient when asking for something to eat or another bite.
...(A)s far as him being verbal, he sings a ton! He absolutely loves music and melodies, and is constantly "babbling" typical 1 to 2 year old style as well. Evan's favorite word is "Dada" though, which is mine too . He does not have a lot of words yet, but does approximate, meaning that he can make a tone or sound that would indicate the syllables of the word. He does this quite a bit for our...dog...
...(A) lot of unknowns at this point. However, he has shown wonderful signs of progress and development thus far...
rocktivity
about our posts on the subject of babies learning how to sign.
It's wonderful to know that Evan is progressing well, and also that he is a happy little boy who loves to sing and babble. How sweet that his favorite word is Dada...ohhhhh. It sounds as if Evan right up there with other kids his age in learning how to say words, and it's darling that he practices with his dog. I love it.
Thank you again. I'm all smiles over this.
Nick's first joke.
Whoever came up with the idea of teaching babies to sign deserves a medal. I've learned that there's a lot more going on in babies' noggins than I'd ever guessed. Nick's signing was an epiphany for me.
I'm glad to know Blue_In_AK's grandchildren have, are are, using signing. It's great that it's catching on in a big way. Maybe this generations of babies will have fewer emotional problems than any previous ones. That would be something, wouldn't it? Something very good.
somewhere that Koko, when playfully teased by a care giver, signed at him, "You green shit!" 
He can say a few words now: Dadda, Mama, Zay (his older brother) and Cat (they have two) and a few other words. He mostly signs, but he does jabber sometimes, and when he is speaking directly to someone, he takes the person's face in his hands and jabbers into the person's mouth. He doesn't understand the concept of ears yet.
