I reg­u­larly vol­un­teer in our church nurs­ery and take care of the 0–2 year olds dur­ing the ser­vices. Lately, I’ve noticed that there seem to be more kids than usual who grab on to the neck­line of my shirt, seemly for comfort.

Last Sun­day, I was telling a friend who was in the nurs­ery with me that I was notic­ing this hap­pen­ing more often, and she said, “They know what’s in there. They remem­ber.” My son has never been one for grab­bing my shirt or putting his hand in my shirt. I sup­pose that’s prob­a­bly because my hus­band and I have been show­ing him the baby sign for milk since he was three or four months old. We just did it to avoid hav­ing him cry with­out us know­ing why he was upset. Looks like that sign serves more than just one purpose.