Yep we've done signing.. probably not as much as we could, but it certainly helps us get by and avoid frustrations of not knowing what they want! Knowing they're refusing a mouthful of food because they want a drink and them being able to say so is just fantastic IMO.

As for speech delay.. It can have an initial delay, but then they are often way ahead in their speech once they start. Sigining starts the language connections in the brain and they can even sign small sentences.. my DD signs 'more please' for eg. Whereas she isn't saying many words yet. But all she needs to do now is work on her speech vocabulary and she'll be off. Hope that made sense. Dr Sears was talking about it on The Drs the other day actually.. he was all for it and said they can often be about a year in advance with their speech.

Definitely keep signing at this young age.. but don't do too many signs. They usually start signing back at about 9 months.. DD was a bit older than that tho when she started signing back.. and I thought it was funny, her first sign was bird LOL. I would have thought most kids would pick up on milk first! LOL.