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r/BabySignLanguage•
ixnayjayrae

More kisses please

My 14 month old's favourite sign is "more" but until now it has been mostly reserved for food. However she has just used it in the cutest way!

I was toweling her down after a bath and she looked me straight in the eyes and said "gobbledegook babble babble mama" and leaned in for a kiss. I said "thank you [name], I love you" and kissed her.

She started signing "more" and leaned in for another kiss. She must've done this five or six times in a row until she was satisfied. And I just about died from cuteness overload.

I'm still crying. I love it when she uses signs in new contexts and the fact that she can (sometimes) clearly communicate what she wants despite only having a handful of verbal words. I'm grateful everyday that we've learnt to sign together.

Posted Apr 7, 2023, 3:16 PM UTC

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Youaresoogoodlooking•

When my son signed bird then music as we were outside hearing birds in the trees, I cried.

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miniroarasaur•

It’s amazing. My daughter is 19 months now and signs so many awesome things. She’s even made up a few of her own. She once sang along in sign to a Daniel Tiger song!

Teaching sign language to babies is just kind of magical.

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ervaulu•

That is so cute. I can imagine how amazing you may have felt seeing them making the sign for kisses. My wife and i also started teaching baby sign language to our baby at 6 months. He started signing back around 9 months. His favorite sign was also “more”. It was amazing to see him get comfortable with the signs, use them in new context and get happier and less frustrated as he realized that he can communicate. We were so impressed seeing how rewarding and useful the baby sign language is that we even launched a baby sign language bib product to spread the word to new parents. It was probably the best decision to teach the baby sign language to our baby. I am happy to see stories like that and other parents feeling similar.

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