One Small Sign for the Pizz

One Giant Leap for Parenthood...

So, as many of you may know, we here in BY Universe have been practicing with the Pizz the American Sign Language. We were hoping to expand her abilities, and to tone down some fussiness.

After some intial skepticism, I realized that she really has picked up some "words.". This has been fun and fascinating for the GC2.0 and myself. She has expanded her vocab with signs for food and animals. Her favorites are definitely dog, bird, and eat. So we have ramped up our training, trying to incorporate more "useful" signs.

Today, we learned of the fruits of our toils.

So, we are finishing up our dinner tonight... Yummy burgers and fries. Very tasty. The Pizz agrees, making the belly rub (aka "yummy to my tummy"). But she starts getting squrimy, so we let her down. Then she rummages around the kitchen, while the GC2.0 and I finish our dinner.

Then we see it... The Pizz, over in the corner, squatting down with her P-p-p-purple face. At the exact same instant that she sees us staring at her, she lifts up her left hand in a fist and shakes it... Effectively making the sign for "poop".

I looked over at the GC2.0, who was smiling. I too was smiling... I was never more proud of my daughter or, frankly, myself. I am the Father of the Year!!!

(now if we can only figure out how to translate this into potty training...)