Wordless Wednesday: Toddler Sign Language

I'm going wordless (mostly) with this what's new Wednesday, but I have quite a few words over at Code Name: Mama, where I'm honored to be guest posting today. There I'm discussing How Anger Made me More Compassionate. Here's a sneak peek: 

"On my quest to rid myself of anger, I began regular meditation and tried to cultivate an attitude of mindfulness in my daily life. Through this, I learned to check in with myself and notice any feelings of anger when they arose.I read things that encouraged me to be in the presence of angry feelings without judging them, but my regard for anger as a negative emotion hung on, even without my realizing it. I was still focused primarily on making it go away as quickly as possible. I now see this as akin to distracting a crying child when you haven’t bothered to figure out why they are crying in the first place. Trying to push emotions away instead of examining their cause creates a sense that our strong feelings are somehow inappropriate."

I hope you'll drop by, read the whole thing, and give me your thoughts. While you're there, if you're not already a regular reader of Code Name: Mama, I encourage you to look around. The site is rich with resources and wisdom for gentle parenting from Dionna who is also cofounder of the Natural Parents Network.

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"more"

"hurt"

"rain"

"car"

"outside"

"eat"

her own approximation of "cracker"

"sleep"

"bathroom"

"daddy"

"water"

:)

A few words lest I forget the latest: Suddenly, Annabelle can sign everything we've ever done, but she's also talking like crazy to go along with it. This week she started regularly asking for milk verbally, as well as help, and much more. She made her first two word phrase as well. She was at the sink with a wooden bus and I motioned for her to hand it to me saying, "Let's make sure the bus doesn't get wet!" She held it under the faucet, which was off, and said, "no wet!" I forgot to mention last week that she started walking backward and also curb walking with one foot in front of the other. It's something new every day around here!