Missy, Thanks for your email and for letting us know what happened. Poor little Callum. He probably picked up the virus from hospital in the first place! I am so sorry you had to go through that. It sounds like it was really horrible. Big hugs. So good to hear from you and to hear Callum (and Melissa) are both now fine! xx

Carrie, I haven't tried Kindersigns, however I bought a baby signing kit from the ABA called Tinytalk. It was a book and dvd. It was recommended by a couple of speech therapists I know. It looks pretty good, but I must say I have not really got into it. Tooo tired these days to really be able to give that sort of thing my full attention. And now Gus is so good at letting me know what he wants, we've sort of worked out or own non-verbal (and verbal) communication. I have friends who have used other signing books and swear by it. Would love to know how you go, in due course.