Communication!

Mommy almost cried at dinner tonight. I was feeding Eli some carrots, mixed with oatmeal and some pieces of pasta. It was not going well. Someone was not happy that Mommy hid the pasta he wouldn't eat in his carrots, thoroughly ruining the carrots.

There may have been some angry fussing happening. I noticed that Eli was squeezing his hand a lot and it hit me - he was signing for milk (I confirmed this online after the fact)! Eli communicated what he wanted! While he didn't get milk, I put some water in a sippy cup. He sucked back 2 ounces and then quietly ate his carrots (I caved and got him some with no pasta - I am a sucker).

We tried to get a picture of him signing, but it didn't really work. It is his right hand - you can see he is squeezing it.



So we settled for one of Eli and his proud Momma!