I had my baby shower on Saturday and a friend had her 15mo daughter with her (so gorgeous!!! ). I was absolutely amazed at the skill her DD had when it came to signing. She was signing about 10 different things. And I was really impressed, her DD was so content, not fussing or anything, and I think it had a lot to do with the fact that everyone knew what she wanted when she signed for it. Like food or drink or more etc.
I had always heard about signing in babies, but never really thought it worked IYKWIM. I don't know why but I was always skeptical. Now I've seen it in action, I am amazed.
My friend said she started as soon as her bub started intentional waving.
Shel and I were so impressed, we're thinking of doing this too. Just wondering what everyone thinks of this. Does anyone here use it? What are some tips?
We started doing it with DD but she started talking before she worked out the signing I thought it was a really good idea and will probably start it with #2 as well although if they are anything like DD it will be redundant quickly.
I know of people who have found it to be really useful with kids who are later talkers though as it helps them express what they want and often results in fewer tantrums.
Jodie, there is a program... my friend borrowed it from her local library... I'll find out what it is. It was a DVD, and thats all she needed to get started
ETA: The DVD she borrowed was called TinyTalk: baby sign language. Google them
Yep we are doing Tiny Talk - it comes with a DVD, a book, some charts, some flash cards, etc. So far I'm signing, eat/food, boobie, drink, more, wash, sister, mummy & daddy but we haven't had any signs back yet (DD is 9 mths old). I"m doing it because my 1st DD had a slight speech delay, and OMG the tantrums we had because she's quite bright and could understand everything but couldn't make herself understood. So we figured that we'd nip it in the bud with DD2.
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). I was absolutely amazed at the skill her DD had when it came to signing. She was signing about 10 different things. And I was really impressed, her DD was so content, not fussing or anything, and I think it had a lot to do with the fact that everyone knew what she wanted when she signed for it. Like food or drink or more etc.
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I thought it was a really good idea and will probably start it with #2 as well although if they are anything like DD it will be redundant quickly.
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