Comments on: Using Baby Sign Language

By: sally

sally — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:49:33 +0000

Thnaks for the post once more, it’s amazing how oyu can communicate with a little baby so effectively! Have you tried out gurgle – a resource for parents and soon to be parents – it’s a great resource with some good videos on techniques not dissimilar to this. Thanks again!

By: suzi

suzi — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:52:00 +0000

we use it with or daughter whos 15 months, its also helping the gap between the two languages shes learning… its just fab!
i love how she sees things before we do too!
loving your blog!
xxx

By: Ackers

Ackers — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:03:33 +0000

@cowgirlinwellies: I couldn’t agree more – it is amazing watching someone so small communicate effectively using non-verbal language

@raker: I LOVE Justin & do miss that one show from times when we used to let the children watch tv. Very interesting that your signing baby responds to his simple signing show.

@DG: The books I have listed in the orig post give you more than enough signs and how to do them. I often make up a sign if I see something whilst out and about (eg. helicopter) I I don’t know the ‘official’ sign for it. The babes don’t know.

By: DG

DG — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:54:44 +0000

We went to signing lessons, but seem to be lazy – and haven’t really kept it up. At the moment we try and just repeat consistently e.g. ‘drink’ before drinking and so forth.

Suffice to say we’ve also forgotten most of the sign language we learnt (and ‘mouse’, ‘bird’, ‘snake’, ‘lion’ etc aren’t of much use in day-to-day situations).

By: raker

raker — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:08:20 +0000

We’ve done a term of SIng and sign (6-9 months) and had the DVD for a while (I also bought the booke above before she was born). From the age of about 10/11 months Kitty just started signing at everything, and I;m amazed at how comunicative she is now (we had our first 4-word sentence last week, at the age of just baout 18 months).

The one TV program she is obsessed with is Something Special on cbeebies. She stands against the sofa absolutely transfixed, copying the signs Justin makes. I know you’ve been weaning your older ones off TV, but I can HEARTILY recommend 15 minutes of the lovely Justin every day

By: cowgirlinwellies

cowgirlinwellies — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:12:24 +0000

Yep. We actually had some issues with our first child where his speech didn’t come until he was 2 so we used a lot of sign language when he was little. It’s amazing when that communication barrier finally dissolves.