Anonymous
08/02/2015 01:34
Subject: Re:baby sign language
Anonymous wrote:Our favorite memory was when our 10 month old who only had a few signs put them together after he had finished dinner and said "Help More Food". Signing definitely helped ease frustration and the nanny was using the same signs that we were.
My favorite was when DS, around the same age, was apparently in a hurry to get to the park with his nanny and she and I were talking. He looked right at us and did the sign for "all done" then waved good-bye!
Anonymous
08/01/2015 19:24
Subject: Re:baby sign language
Our favorite memory was when our 10 month old who only had a few signs put them together after he had finished dinner and said "Help More Food". Signing definitely helped ease frustration and the nanny was using the same signs that we were.
Anonymous
08/01/2015 14:20
Subject: baby sign language
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't your child be learning to speak English? Or is there some sort of speech impediment?
Hope you aren't doing any screen time, as it often delays natural speech development.
A baby at nine months is much too young to be taught how to verbally communicate. That is what baby sign language is for.
Until the child can speak on her own, baby sign language lets the child articulate what she wants/needs.
At what age are you thinking children can start learning to communicate verbally?
You continually speak to your baby while you are signing so there is no delay in receptive communication at all. A nine-month-old can sign "milk" but cannot say "milk" for example and it cuts down on the baby's frustration.
Are you a nanny?
Yes. I learned baby sign language in college and love teaching it to my young charges.
When do you think is the earliest children can say several words?
Several words? The youngest would be about ten months and then most likely Dada or Moma. So? What is your point, PP?