Is anyone doing sign language with their LOs? I want to teach E the sign for milk and the sign for more so she can tell me when she's hungry and if she needs more. I know she's still too young, but I figure it can't hurt to try. Anyone else doing this? Anyone know the sign for milk?
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Re: Baby sign language
No. I watched enough signing time with Alex and Leah when I was babysitting my friend's kid (who never learned to sign) that the whole thought of teaching my daughter that makes me want to vomit. Sorry!
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LOL - I LOVE these videos! I got 2 as a gift. I never played them with ds but I tried doing sign language with ds (my friend is deaf so I know some ASL). It never caught on with ds so I gave up.
Then my dd loved looking at babies so I put the Baby Signing Time videos on one day just to keep her entertained. She learned sign language so quickly. She loved the babies too!
I found that her knowing sign language really helped when it came to wanting something she couldn't express. Not just the basics of milk, food, diaper, etc, but she learned signs for tired, sad, happy, scared, etc. and it helped her express how she was feeling. Even after she could talk, she would continue to sign the words while talking. It's only now, at 2 1/2, that she has cut back on that. But until recently, it has been the best thing!
I highly recommend the videos as a way to teach the sign language. They learn through songs and having fun. I found just teaching the signs not as effective - but that was just my experience.
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Mine is supposed to also, but I have not actually seen them do it. I'll have to ask.
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
I was originally against it because SIL's kids didn't use actual words to ask for things until they were like 2.5, but done right I think it is great. DS knows the basics, but he didn't really pick up anything other than milk until after a year. I just googled ASL and used those hand signals
This website is great:
https://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi
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We have been doing 'more' (she started doing it a month ago), 'please' (not happening yet!),'all done' (she sort of does this), 'milk' (tries, but will nurse more often than she signs it), and 'potty' (so far she watches me do this while she sits on the pot...I'm hopeful this will be helpful in the future!).
She picked up on milk fast, the others have taken time, but I think it it works it will be well worth it. Just seeing her say 'more' is worthwhile. Milk has helped me to avoid some melt downs in public. I think potty will be equally as useful.
I just have her fingers do it (I help her) before I give her something or I show the sign before doing something. Good luck. Just choose signs you want to work on. I wouldn't do more than 2 or three at a time or you'll be overwhelmed and she'll be confused.
It helped tremendously! She was less frustrated because she could easily communicate with us months before she could talk. She mostly used the signs for milk, eat, please, help, more, cup and all done. Some of them were far from what they were supposed to be, but we all knew what they meant.
www.mysmarthands.com has a nice video dictonary of signs as well as a good FAQ section.
We started signing with Nate when he was 8 months old and he produced his first sign at 12 months old. Just like speech, the sign needs to be repeated to be learned. The average age for the first sign is 12 months old. Deaf babies usually sign a lot sooner because that is the language they are exposed to. It would be better for your child to learn sign as an interactive experience. Plopping them in front of a video will not get you results very quickly. Meals are the best times to work on it.
Nate has mild-moderate hearing loss and is also apraxic (speech sounds are difficult to produce) Sign language has been awesome for our family. I am proud to say that our son can produce over 175 signs!
Happy Signing!
I do know some baby signs as I used to use it in a past job. I didn't teach DS ay because he is bilingual already and I just don't want to confuse him. At 17 months he points to things when he wants them. Its usually pretty easy to find out what he wants. But its still hard when he can't have it.
I looked at the responses and didn't see anyone list it, but I believe the sign for milk is the motion of milking a cow. HTH!
DS actually picked up several signs from two Baby Babble DVDs starting when he was about a year old. He learned to sign more, please, milk, thank you, and all done. When he was able to, he started pairing the words with the signs. It has definitely been helpful.
I'm not sure if anyone has answered this yet, but the sign for milk is just a squeezing motion with the hand. Like you are squeezing a cow's **THIS IS SPAM**
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Here's a link to the website I used to learn the signs. https://www.babysignlanguage.com/dictionary/first-signs and yes, the word for milk is like you're squeezing a cow's ud.der.
I do agree that it is easiest if everyone works together on it. I even taught the babysitter some of the words because DS was trying to do them and she's like "What the heck does that mean?"
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!