Recently our son has been asking for more. More, if you’ve been following this blog, is one of the most useful terms our son has learned in sign language. He’s employed it to great effectiveness for everything from books to apples. He’s truly enjoyed being able to tell his parents that he wants and needs “more” of whatever it is that he’s currently eating or doing. It’s helpful to us as well because we can more efficiently detect exactly what he’s asking for. Sometimes the 30th straight reading of a very bad children’s book (and there are bad ones) will find you prompting him to find another story instead. Sometimes, however, it is truly a necessity.
I remember fondly the first day my son ate an entire egg by himself for breakfast. I remember because I had a meeting with one of my instructors and that was my big news: my son ate a whole egg. It was exciting. This professor, luckily, also had children and was able to share in my amazement at this seemingly simple thing. Most people would have looked at me like I was crazy but I was in good company.
Earlier this week our son ate more than an egg. He ate an egg and a half. How did I know he needed it? He pointed to the other egg on the plate (normally mine) and signed “more” frantically before sharing a big smile. I couldn’t have been prouder to watch him eat even more. He finished off this amazingly large meal with half a piece of toast (w/ jam) followed by half a banana. He’s a big eater. “More” is the most important word he knows. Hopefully he’ll be able to say it in the future. That sign language will come in handy, however, when his mouth is full.