r/BabySignLanguage

Like others , I was thrilled when my baby 2.5 who wasn't speaking yet, learned some signs. I was shocked by how much he could communicate with a couple of signs. Okay so we were at a local carnival and he was on a ride with other small children when he began to sign "help...help" He still looked as happy so I was hesitant to ask them to stop the whole ride, but I did. 😱the entire hinge ,which was visible from his vantage point, had come undone. In moments or minutes (who knows ) connecting the ' car in front of his and his, would have come off and spilled them onto the pavement 😱 He was also signing broken but with the velocity I missed that .

I still think about it.

I just wanted to brag to people who would understand.

My 6 month old can sign "milk" and "sleepy." It's so cute and I can't wait for him to pick up on more signs to better understand his world and his needs.

The thing I find so amazing is that when he is breastfeeding, he will stop and sign "milk" to switch sides! I think that is so clever.

That is all! Thanks for reading what fills my mom heart :)

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 ver

It's an amazing thing to see just how many of you are taking the time to teach your children how to sign. My son Azariah is going to be 3 in January. He was born with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and bilateral sensory-nuero hearing loss. Which means he is partially blind and mostly deaf. He does wear hearing aids, but it's not certain how well they help him hear. So we have started to learn ASL for the last year. He is picking up on alot of it. But the one thing that gives me hope of him having a more normal childhood, is the fact that there are parents like you who ate teaching their children to sign. This makes the world a much less lonely place for my son. He will have more of a chance at being

My almost 12 month old has started to sign "more" after I finish reading a book. He will sit and listen to me read the book a second time and then sign more again and again and just let me read the book over and over.

I have only done the "more" sign when feeding him and he doesn't use it when eating at all. Even when more of the food he wants is out of reach, he will point and grunt to the food instead of signing, even when we demonstrate and wait.

Has this happened to anyone else? How can I get him to do it in an eating context? I was starting to worry that he wasn't signing at almost a year old. Admittedly, "more" is the only sign I do consistently.

It was milk. Not one of the signs I use with her the most, but she does love drinking her milk.

My son started to clearly sign for milk (which for us is a boob) at 10 months old. We were ecstatic! It is magical watching him communicate with such intent.

BUT he has become a full fledged milk maniac since. He asks for milk multiple times an hour just to latch for 10 second or a minute. Its all the time. Constantly.

I am worried that the unending demand for milk is impacting his appetite for solids and his night time sleep (because he is snacking all day as opposed to full meals).

I want to foster his language and communication development, but I also want to set some reasonable rules around milk. How do I do this!?!?!

It was so an exciting, rewarding, and proud moment!

@8 months. Bottle.

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

I take my almost 1 year old daughter to a baby sign language class weekly and am so excited to share how far she has come in being able to communicate her wants and needs. As of right now she knows about 8 signs and I am starting to see her make associations between different objects. She also holds eye contact unbelievably well when she is being talked to. I do a lot of mommy and me classes but the classes we attend at SignShine is my absolute favorite and even though we learn to sign there, we take everything we learn home with us: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Baby signing is the best thing I could have started with my baby to bond with her and stimulate her mind at this age!

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Or I'm convincing myself that he does. Lol!

We're sitting on the floor playing with toys and he crawls off, maybe six or seven feet away. When he looks at me, I ask if he's hungry and would like some "milk". He got a big ol' cheesy grin on his face and crawled right up to me and assumed the position.

Even if he's not signing back, is nice to know that he recognizes the sign! Even if I only think he recognizes it. ;)

Hi all, I’m a soon to be FTM interested in using baby sign language. I have no background with sign language other than a niece who used a few baby signs many years ago. My question is, should I start learning and using some of these words at home now with my partner (I’m 20 weeks pregnant) so we’re used to it when baby arrives? Or is there a better way to prepare and start when baby has arrived?