Lucas Communicates

I taught Lucas a few word in sign language at about 1 year of age so that he could communicate what he needs. He learned the words rather quickly and they came in handy. The main words that he signs are milk, eat, help, please, sorry,and thank you. Lucas still does not talk much and relies on the signs a lot to communicate. When I first started teaching Lucas the signs I bought a children's book of signs. Well a lot of the signs in the book were wrong. So to say dog he pants like a dog. If he hears or see a dog he will pant. The other day he did something that cracked me up. When I need Lucas to get out of my way I say "beep, beep". Lilly our dog was at the bottom of the stairs and Lucas wanted to get by. He was standing by Lilly saying "beep, beep, ha, ha" over and over trying to get Lilly to move.

There is a cartoon that Lucas likes to watch called Max and Ruby. It is about a bunny sister and brother. The show remindes me of Lucas and Susie's relationship. Susie is very good with Lucas and they are very close. Well when the opening song comes on we like to sing Lucas and Susie instead of Max and Ruby. Well Lucas has started singing it too. He says "Zee and me".

We have been trying to get Lucas to say his name. If you ask him what his name is he says"Me". If you ask him who me is he will say "mama" or whoever it is asking. So we try to have him sound it out. We say "Lu" and he will repeat. Then we ask him to say cus, and he kisses. So his name is Lu-with a kiss.