Comments on: Do You Sign With Your Baby?

By: dana b.

dana b. — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:12:13 +0000

We used the basic signs with our son as soon as he started being able to focus on us. It made life a bit easier when he started doing it back, especially with eating and drinking. he loved to sign all done and more! We added mom, dad, ball, light, cracker, and few i can’t remember at the moment from one our children books.

By: Danielle S.

Danielle S. — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:29:04 +0000

Love the article….wish my daughter would pick up on it though!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:15:17 +0000

We primarily use the three you mentioned, along with “all done” with our 10mo old. Unfortunately the only one he has signed back is “more” — he’s a hungry boy! I recently started adding Mama, Dada and milk to the mix but I don’t think he’s picked up on those yet.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:35:08 +0000

We signed with my first (he is now 3). I have started to introduce it to my six month old as well. The ones we used most often were ‘more’, ‘eat’, and ‘potty’. The only one I am using with the youngest right now is ‘milk’.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:54:25 +0000

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By: Shameka

Shameka — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:01:47 +0000

I have one child and one on the way (due this month!) I would love to sign with this baby! I just think it may be difficult. I’m not going to let that stop me. Thanks for the introduction to signing posted on this blog!

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:31:05 +0000

We love signing, and it really started blowing up after 18 months. My son is perhaps a bit slow to speak but knows LOTS of signs. He will be two next month and we are still adding new signs each week. It’s especially fun at this age because he picks them up so quickly, after just seeing them a couple of times. It’s very useful! I’ve done a couple of blog posts about signing.

For the commentors who say they don’t have time – If you have time to parent in general you have time to sign! It really doesn’t take much effort to get started, and there’s no all or nothing. Even one sign that aids communication with your child is totally worth it. I will add that my son didn’t pick up on his first sign until 10 months, so stick with it!

We have done all the signs you mentioned but our faves right now are probably “more”, “again”, and “help.”

By: sus vandil

sus vandil — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:04:41 +0000

we don’t. i feel i don’t have the time to do it right, as I am working full time. but i like the idea.

By: Della

Della — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:09:05 +0000

I want to try this! It seems like fun.

By: Cammie

Cammie — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:23:32 +0000

I signed a ton with my kids, but the only ones that stuck were food related!