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Autumn (1286.7 days ago)
My son learned sign language for `hungary/eat` at 4 months old. It was wonderful... he learned a lot more things after that as well. I think its a great tool for babies, because they don`t have the ability to talk... And anyone that says it makes them talk late is CRAZY! My son has the largest vocabulary of any child I know at 20 months, and talks in sentences already... He also started talking at 9 months and putting two words together at 12 months! We used the `Baby Einstein Sign Language` DVD... it was great! Good Luck!

hotpotaaaaato (1287.6 days ago)
my daughter did A LOT of sign language and it was great for her to be able to communicate with us... she also definately was NOT a late speaker! She`s 2 1/2 now and actually forgot a lot of the signs after she started being able to form the words, but we will definately be doing it again with this baby.

RobinG (1288.2 days ago)
I have a special needs boy I care for who is 4, we use sign for him becuasehe cant speak. He has Velo Cardio Facial Syndrome. It is great to be abelt o communicate with him. My kids enjoy learing it too. I havent used it with Hunter yet but plan to, hadnt planned to before I cared for Zack becuase I have seen two kids I know not talk because they only signed and parents didnt encourage them to speak it too once they got older. So if you do it it is very rewarding but remember you must help your child talk too and do both when they can and not rely only on sign if they are able to speak the word. Zac has therapists here and they use sign but he is always directed to try to say it first :) I plan to start in the next month :) `Milk, all done & More` will be my first since those are three things used most often with Zac :)

hunnybunnysmama (1288.3 days ago)
Parents may worry that teaching their baby to sign will interfere with normal speech development. In fact, according to recent research, the opposite is true: Signing may actually improve language and vocabulary. Signing is about enhancing, not replacing language. It has to be used alongside normal speech so your baby can make the link between the gesture and the word. And because you need to make sure your baby is looking at you, she`s concentrating hard on what you`re saying as well as on what you`re doing. When your baby can sign back, communication becomes two-way. If, for example, she tells you she can hear a plane, you can respond, `You heard an airplane? Yes, I can see it. Look, it`s over there. Isn`t it loud?` In this way, you probably spend more time talking to your child, which is one of the best ways of helping speech develop.

kt08dec88 (1288.4 days ago)
U didnt put enought options to choose from for those of us who dont...I dont plan to but i dont think its stupid. The only options u have for me to pick is...no but i plan to ...which i dont...and no its stupid...and i dont think its stupid at all... i just dont plan to..havent really looked into it but you got me mind open.

sadielady (1288.4 days ago)
my son is twnty nine months now and talking more than other kids his age.

monica9 (1288.4 days ago)
actually I know 2 kids that learned it and they were late speaking. one didnt start saying ANY words until she was 2 1/2.

sadielady (1288.4 days ago)
we taught my son the basics. more, please, thank you, milk, juice. eat. stuff like that and it was great. it was awesome for him to be able to communicate with us before he was able to speak. do it!!

Mama J (1288.4 days ago)
okay on my third child we started it more so around one... so we wouldn`t stop or slow her speech... it has helped her talk more and it is great she does sentences weel before she is to speak them it is so so cool to have that little bond too... you become so pround it`s another language and can be very beneficial... def. try it with words too!! but it`s awesome!!!!!



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