Pointing

Paige has been pointing at things for a while now, but she's really starting to get into it. She points at food on the table if it's different than what she's eating and she wants some of it. She points at the door at daycare when I pick her up and I'm standing there chatting with the teachers while holding her. She'll even start waving at the door if she really wants me to get going. Yesterday, as we were walking to the car, she just pointed in the general direction in front of us as if she was showing me where to walk. When we read to her, sometimes she'll point to the pages as if she's following along.

We're trying to introduce a few simple signs for her to better communicate with us when she needs something. One is "Eat". The gesture is to bring hand to mouth with fingertips touching thumb and tap the lips to illustrate placing food in the mouth. She picked this one up pretty fast. She will point to her lips, but only after we've done it. She hasn't actually "told" us she wants to eat yet by doing this sign. Hopefully that will come soon.