Turning a non-believer into a believer

My sister-in-law was not convinced that sign language would work. She was certain that babies could not be communicated with and that all they did was cry (obviously she does not have any children).

One day in the summer, while most of my in-laws were visiting, my husband and I went golfing and left our daughter with my mother-in-law and my three sisters-in-law. We left them a list of all of the signs that Casey could do along with a book describing each sign.

When we returned home from golfing, they were all raving about how easy it was to babysit Casey. She would sign for them and they would look up the sign in the book and give her what she wanted. There was only 1 sign we forgot to put in the book (probably one she just learned). They said that there was only thing they could not do for her and when they asked her for the sign, she made the sign for "music". She wanted them to turn on the radio!

Now, all of my in-laws are firm believers in teaching children American Sign Language!