Baby Sign Language Thread #3

[Khalam's Mama]

Wow that is great Lucy.
I have been working on up with B too.

[amayzie]

Love the video!! Hey i'm going to be teaching some signs to a friend who is about to have a baby.. i've done heaps of signs with my clients (children who can't talk).. so know about sign selection for interaction... but what are some of the signs that you guys have found useful with babies? I was thinking more, finished, help, drink, eat, sleep, milk, mum, dad, time (as in time for food) and maybe some kids songs with animals and colours in them... Any other suggestions?

[*Ali*]

More bath toilet and nappy are favourites here.

[lchuynh]

Lucy, that's so great you got him signing so early. My LO didn't actually sign back until maybe 13-14 months but when he did man was it useful!

... but what are some of the signs that you guys have found useful with babies? I was thinking more, finished, help, drink, eat, sleep, milk, mum, dad, time (as in time for food) and maybe some kids songs with animals and colours in them... Any other suggestions?

Bath, milk, more, again, sleep, crackers, blueberries, raisins, juice, water were the most useful signs around here. I basically stuck to things I knew he would want to ask for. Sleep sign was invaluable - he would do it to let us know he was tired. All the food and drink signs were all his favourites that he would want all the time, but along with that there were words he just said instead of signed at 14 months like "apple", "nanana" for banana, "orange", "rice".

No more signs now; the last one (milk) was dropped a couple of weeks back. We have 5 word sentence structures from him so I guess he didn't feel the need to sign to us any longer - but still, it was great while it lasted.

[firsttimemummy]

We have 5 word sentence structures from him so I guess he didn't feel the need to sign to us any longer  - but still, it was great while it lasted.

you will probba3

. We have 5 word sentence structures from him so I guess he didn't feel the need to sign to us any longer  - but still, it was great while it lasted.

you may find he reverts to signs if he isn't being understood or is too excted (like when M saw trains he spoke  and signed)

[amayzie]

trains- a love so huge it can't be only spoken....

[jay2yay]

Have any of your LOs started signing and then stop for a time? DS signed "more" for the first time about two days ago. He was real consistent with it. After every time I'd sign it when he was finished with food, he'd sign it. He signed it for about two days. But now he won't sign it anymore. When I put his hands together, he does it,  but I have to start putting his hands together. Now when I sign "more" he just waves his arms up and down.

[firsttimemummy]

Now he knows what he is doing he will probably save it for those vital times! Oliver can sign food but only does it when I am eating something he really wants   Murray used to not sign some words back but months later suddenly would, and other signs he would drop (esp when he learnt to say the word) but even now signs sometimes! It is still in there ....

[firsttimemummy]

Well, this week the penny has dropped and Oliver can suddenly sign to ask for food (we were upstairs and he looked at me, signed food and got grumpy, so I brought him downstairs and he ate!!  He can also sign mummy, daddy, finished and nappy (either while I am changing him, or the other day when he needed changed).  It's funny as you sometimes see he wants to sign something and goes through all the ones he knows til he gets the right one (I say the sign as he is doing it to confirm what he is signing). 

[*Ali*]

Love it when that light bulb goes off!

[Chicane]

It's funny as you sometimes see he wants to sign something and goes through all the ones he knows til he gets the right one (I say the sign as he is doing it to confirm what he is signing).

love that stage so cute.

congratulations guys, such a great achievement  for all. Yay!

[jay2yay]

Isaac is definitely signing "more" again. Sometimes I even feel like he's doing it in the middle of something else besides eating...and I'm trying to tune in to see what he's trying to communicate.

[Khalam's Mama]

That is great he is signing. I found at the beginning they sometimes did the sign for other things because they first learn it gets a response I think.

We are still siging to B. He isn't doing it back yet. I still often forget so I need to be more consistent.

[firsttimemummy]

That is great he is signing. I found at the beginning they sometimes did the sign for other things because they first learn it gets a response I think.

We are still siging to B. He isn't doing it back yet. I still often forget so I need to be more consistent.

I find it's when they start signing back that I really get going with the signing

[Khalam's Mama]

Yes that is true.I was much better with K once we were actually having 2 way conversations.