baby sign

BabyByTim · August 2014

Has anyone, or does anyone plan to teach their LO ASL/baby signs for early communication. I took an ASL (American sign language) class and I thought it would be great to teach my baby some basic signs.

marriedinaugust · August 2014

We started at a couple months old. I took ASL in high school so I knew most of the words I wanted to teach him, the rest I looked up on google. It relieved so many frustrations to know what he wanted before he could talk!

kayak11 · August 2014

We did basic signs with DS (pretty much the ones everyone else mentioned). It helped so much with our ability to communicate before he could talk!

SereJane · August 2014

I love baby sign! We used to use it when I worked with 12-18 month olds at a daycare and my niece uses it now. It's really cute how the signs are used mostly during her mealtime or around bed time but she's figured out other correct ways to use signs like please-she'll bring a book over and sign please to have someone read it.

MaineMama · August 2014

I've taught my kids the sign for bathroom to try and keep the shouts of "MOM I GOTTA POOOOOOOOOOOP" to a minimum during church and other quiet places. It has about a 50% success rate so far...

Annya26 · August 2014

I taught my son a few signs. He was a very very early talker so he tended to talk more than use them (other than milk which he used a ton before he talked), but he would sign many of them on demand.

Probably will use it again with this baby. It helped a ton that he could sign milk - took the guess work out!

Eora3 · August 2014

I taught my older son a few baby signs but my younger son doesn't seem interested at all. It was very useful with my older son so I am bummed my youngest isn't into it.

path75 · August 2014

I didnt know they had baby sign. I am definitely teaching or having someone teach sign language. My sister in law is deaf and although we rarely see her I would like my child to communicate with her and her husband who is also deaf.

beachy6 · August 2014

Same as other moms. We taught DS the basics and it was so helpful and stinking adorable to see him communicate early. We'll do the same with this LO.

vintagejjane · August 2014

We taught DD basic signs like more, please, all done, milk, water, and food. She still uses the more and all done signs at 2 years old. I plan on doing it with the next too! We loved it.

Future R. Murray!! · August 2014

Loved using it with my daughter as well!

Eora3 · August 2014

NikkiMN143 said:
I would love to teach our LO, I just dont know it myself.

You don't need to know it ahead of time. You can learn as you go! Start using signs when you say certain words to baby starting around 3-4 months and see if baby picks it up. You can find a ton of great (free) info online. Try YouTube too.

DoctorWorm222 · August 2014

We taught DD a few signs that we thought might be applicable to broad range of situations -- more, all done, etc. She was an early talker, so we didn't use them very long. That said, I do think it helped cut down on frustration (on both ends) and got her interested in communicating.

BabyByTim · August 2014

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate all the input and to reaffirm my desire to teach my LO baby signs/ ASL

caden1206 · August 2014

I highly recommend this. I did this with my son and he did very well with it. I tried with my daughter, but wasn't as consistent. She isn't as verbal.as my son, so I wish I had tried more.

path75 · August 2014

Jezebel3745 said:
@path75‌ these are the ones I recommend! The little songs they use are very catchy... I used them at home with my girls and we used them at the preschool and it was so fun to see a roomful of little ones signing along with songs... signingtime.com DD1 got the full set for her second birthday, and I'm glad we kept them...but I have seen them at our public library!!! It's actual ASL not just modified 'baby signing'

Thanks! I will definitely check it out. My husband has learned sign but its been a long time. He only lived in GA with his sister gor four years then moved back to michigan when he graduated.

jjgypsy · August 2014

I did previously & will again this time.

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