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sweeneyswantateeny

Baby sign language vent (not an angry vent)

14 month old is picking signs up like craaaazy.

But, I am not. And by that I mean I am not figuring out what she’s saying when she does one of her signs that looks exactly like five other signs she does, because she’s little and doesn’t understand and can’t physically differentiate.

Soooo now I’m the asshole who doesn’t know what she knows she wants. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

But hey, she’s picking them up! I’m amazed! And frustrated. Lol

Posted Apr 5, 2020, 9:58 PM UTC

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Zapchic•

Lol it blew my mind how fast that signing phase went. It's fun and astonishing. Have a blast😁

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amyandymom•

What really helped me was attending a Baby Sign Language class, my baby boy and I learned all the basics and how to really differentiate between all the signs (milk, ball, etc...) I highly recommend taking a class at SignShine, Etel is so enthusiastic and knowledgeable about signing and baby development.

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sweeneyswantateenyOP•

Errr. I looked that up. I don’t live in California lol

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amyandymom•

There's online classes available, that's what we've been doing!

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cheekymrs•

It's the same with spoken language! You kid says, "ba!" and you're like, wth are you talking about, until you figure it out one day and suddenly understand her sort-of-English haha. Your kid will do signs wrong in the same way they speak words wrong for the first little while. One day my son, who often asks for water at bedtime, did a weird sign that I couldn't figure out. It took me 3 days until he did it when I was giving him juice to understand it was his way of signing juice! You'll come to understand their little modifications of your signs and as they are more about to configure their hands, they'll start signing more correct versions of the language :)

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