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What Is Baby Sign Language – How To Teach Your Baby Sign Language

Baby sign language is a method in which you and your infant use specific hand shapes and motions to convey words and meaning.

Using baby sign language is a great way to create a strong personal bond between baby and parents.

Parents who begin teaching their babies signs find themselves talking to their babies more than ever, labeling things, asking questions, searching for opportunities to sign.

Giving your baby the power to communicate can eliminate common frustrations babies have, and reduces many temper tantrums because your child is not so frustrated because they can’t make you understand what they want or what they feel.

Once your baby can start waving or using gestures such as clapping, they are ready to start using baby sign language. However, you can start using signs with them from a much earlier age, because babies are absorbing information even when they can’t physically make the signs to you. By the time they are old enough to start using sign to communicate with you, they will already have a large vocabulary of baby signs if you have been signing with them regularly and consistently.

Make sure you sign when your baby is actually looking at you. If you baby can’t see you, they can’t learn the sign!

The most popular signs to start teaching your baby are:

• finish/all done
• drink
• food/eat
• more
• want

Once your baby begins signing you’ll see for yourself how the ability to use signs makes daily life with your baby easier and much more fun.

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