I think it was before he turned two that we got a McDonald's toy with Bugs Bunny dressed as a fortune teller. You could ask a question, pull a lever and words like Not Sure, Ask Again or Hopefully So would appear. He played with that enough that he could "read" the answers and that was definitely sight reading, but when I tried to get him to show his dad, he wouldn't do it and my husband kind of teased me about thinking a baby could read. He didn't tell me his older highly gifted son had read extremely early without being taught. He let me think I was crazy for a while.
I love this board - I'm so glad to find a place that really, truly, sometimes freakishly, relates. My DS4 got an Arby's "oven mitt" that did the same fortune telling when he was about 2 1/2, and he read those words too. We had to bring Oven Mitt everywhere for a few weeks! He started reading the road construction signs at 2 - 2 1/2, then quickly learned tons of words from then on.
It's hard for me to remember ages, and that was only 2 years ago. But I do remember that DS's first word after Mama and Dada was "book," and he wanted to be read to for hours (still does). Also, about sign language, I remember I started teaching him signing just before he was 1, but since I'm lazy, I quit teaching signs because he could already talk.
And your husband is very naughty to make you think you were crazy!
