Australian Baby Hands..have you used it with your LO?

[jackrose]

Glad you are inspired Happy Chick! It is exciting!

I would personally start with only one or two signs, something that is really meaningful for your DS. For example if he loves his food, use 'more' to encourage him to ask for it and be motivated to use the sign. Same with if he loves a bath... I used 'milk' for our first sign as DD loved the stuff! Once she had that one sign, she was off and racing and I added more signs as quickly as I could learn them!

Skeetaboat, I am not sure if I can post the link but when I googled auslan, the first link that came up was the one I used. It is the Auslan Signbank. Hope that clarifies! If not I can pm you!

[didispunk]

I started this with DD when she was 15 months.. she now does it all the time.. start with a few words and add to them every week or so..

just basics

MILK
MORE
ALL DONE
BATH
Please
etc

I wish i used this with DS.. bit will with the next bub for sure.

[GabberQueeN]

wow im really interested in this!

[Baby14]

Well, we have started! I am excited and can't wait to see how long it takes for DS to start signing back. I have decided to start with 'more', 'finished' and 'bath' as DS loves bathtime and I'm thinking more and finished will be very helpful.

I loved the Auslan site but got a bit confused where there is a couple of different signs for the same word so I have ordered the Baby Hands pack and will see how we go with that to keep adding to the signs. They use Auslan as well which is great and the pack comes with a poster, book & DVD. I like the idea of the poster so that I have an easy reference point.

Thanks again for your replies

[jackrose]

They use Auslan as well which is great and the pack comes with a poster, book & DVD. I like the idea of the poster so that I have an easy reference point.

Great idea! I made up a poster myself so that people who came into the house and looked after DD could get involved. They loved it!

You are right, the ties with Auslan are great and it means you can add more from Auslan if you want - you can pick and choose when you get more proficient. This is what I did when Auslan had a few variations, I picked the ones that were best for me and simplest for a little babe to do!

Woo Hoo! Off you go!

[didispunk]

go on google. and type in sign language for babies..

[studymum]

We used it with DD1, we started about 10mths but it took till about 12 before she really got it, then she took off, within a month or so she new almost 30. It was wonderful she could tell use she wanted milk, bath, eat, drink, down, up, all done, more, even the names of some animals. Her signs just kept growing, she was always keen to learn more and I personally think it helped her to talk faster, she is now 2 and has been talking broken sentences for almost a few months. As her speech got more fluent though she did start to drop the signs and we found it hard to get her to maintain them, she now no longer uses them as her loves to learn how to say new words, its something we were told would probably happen.

I bought a pack that had little books in it to help the kids learn, and a flip chart to put on the fridge and a book. It is actual baby signs, so they are made simplier than the auslan signs, easier for baby to replicate, they even invent their own though.

Here is the link BABY SIGNS - BABY SIGN LANGUAGE AUSTRALIA | Best Selling DVDs, Books & Classes