Baby signs books

Very cute and fun:

Baby signs DVD

We used the baby signs which Max seemed to ingnore forever until he reached 18 months and used all signs at once!

We loved the classes at Sign-a-Song. You get to learn some gooffy songs and sign along.

And this DVD was well done:

Swimming

Max loves the water. We started taking him to swimming classes at the Y when he was under a year, and he loves splashing around. Bonus: he is so exhausted after the half-hour class, he has a very good nap afterwards!

ASL

I have been fascinated with the possibility to communicate with babies through sign language. I bought a method based on ASL (the American Sign Language) but I wanted to join a class too. I know that classes for babies are all the rage, even though most are totally useless. And granted, when I went to try it out, Max spent most of the class munching on my watch, staring at a nanny who looked a lot like his own nanny (who was on vacation), and sucking pensively on his fingers. 

Max started to use all the signs I had been teaching him at the same time, around 17 months. He was so happy to communicate! He has also made up his own signs, that we use together.