Teaching my kids sign language was such an eye-opener. Prior to that I was totally oblivious to how smart babies are. I guess I assumed that they developed spee

Teaching my kids sign language was such an eye-opener. Prior to that I was totally oblivious to how smart babies are. I guess I assumed that they developed speech somewhat in time with their understanding of language. This couldn't be further from the truth though. There's a huge gap. Maybe I was especially clueless; I didn't grow up around babies, so this stuff might be obvious to people who did.