Baby Sign
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Topic: Baby Sign
Posted By: UpsyDaisy
Subject: Baby Sign
Date Posted: 14 October 2010 at 7:29pm
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I am interested in learning about baby sign, has anyone here done it and how did you find it. I don't have alot of time to look up books or search internet. Can anyone recommend a very short simple book with the signs in. Just a poster with the signs on would be good can you buy anything like that? Thanks 
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Posted By: AuntieSarah
Date Posted: 14 October 2010 at 7:57pm
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I got a babysigns book - just looked n their website and you can get a free poster http://www.babysigns.co.nz/free-baby-signing-poster.html - here
I'm not sure how much is on the poster but tbh I haven't used the book a huge amount. We mainly use signs for things he needs to tell us - eat, drink, sleep, cuddly, help, down, more, etc. And we just made some up - eg for cuddly (his special blankie). Despite the fact that we don't use a huge number of signs I do find it fantastic, my son only has a few words at 20 months so him being able to tell us what he wants with signs saves a lot of frustration. |
Posted By: crafty1
Date Posted: 14 October 2010 at 7:58pm
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Hi,
I did it with DS1. Did a course at the Parenting Place in Aucks. But you don't need to do that, just google baby sign and there are websites with videos that show you the signs. Basically you start with signs that the baby is motivated to learn, so just milk, food and more (if memory serves). You can start from about 6 months but took my boy ages to start signing back, altho my friend's girl picked it up pretty quick. So just start doing the sign every time you feed (milk or food) and one day you'll realise that they understand yay! Then one day they'll do it back! Don't teach any more signs till you think they understand the milk and food one. In terms of what signs you use tho, you can just google them or make your own up, doesn't have to be the official ones. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Delli
Date Posted: 14 October 2010 at 8:09pm
I LOVE baby sign language. Jude is awesome with his signs - I'm very proud 
He picked up "finished" first, followed by milk a wee bit later I think. Now he has heaps of them..... We have the book http://www.trademe.co.nz/Books/Nonfiction/Health-Lifestyle/Pregnancy-baby/auction-323169107.htm - Baby Sign Language by Alison Mackonochie It's pretty good. There are perhaps better ones out there but it suits our needs just fine. TradeMe have a good cheapish selection of books. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 14 October 2010 at 8:32pm
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First time I witnessed it was at Emmi_'s place and Emmecats lil girl and 'milk' sign! Omg it was amazing! I wish I had known about it sooner to do with Lily but we have our own 'made up' language anyway... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: UpsyDaisy
Date Posted: 14 October 2010 at 9:16pm
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Thanks ladies just signed up to get free one page poster - signs for all done, cat, eat, drink and saw sample dvd showing milk sign.
Thats probably about as much as I was thinking of doing I will just start off with milk and see how it goes. |
Posted By: Kimnthekids
Date Posted: 14 October 2010 at 10:20pm
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I stumbled along this site - which can be handy for a quick look http://babystrology.com/baby-learning/baby-sign-language/ - Baby signs ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MrsMc
Date Posted: 15 October 2010 at 7:17pm
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i love baby sign, I use it with the children at work, Nic its not too late to start, i've found many of them dont start signing back until after 1yr old. (this could just be that they get it at daycare and not at home)
It seems to really help with frustrations that come with toddlers and lack of language, it prevents tantrums if they have a way of communicating. Start with a few, google them, or make up your own. just make sure every time you do the sign you say the word, and never force baby to sign by withholding food until he says more etc have fun, it really is a blast |
Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 15 October 2010 at 8:44pm
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I just googled it to find signs. Ds has about 8 or so he uses regularly. He picked it up really fast as well. We didn't start until he was about 1. ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 15 October 2010 at 10:02pm
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I've been really going at it today with Lily, will let you know how I get on in a few weeks! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: UpsyDaisy
Date Posted: 16 October 2010 at 1:55pm
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I love the idea of avoiding a few toddler trantrums.
I have been trying to remember to do the milk sign but only remember 50% of the time. Good luck nic yeah let us know how you get on. |
Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 16 October 2010 at 2:17pm
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We do baby sign, We just started with the sign for milk and started about 6 months, she probably worked out what we meant about 7 1/2 months and started signing back to us about 2 weeks ago and 9 months old, we are now bringing in more signs, The other thing is you don't have to go by anyone elses signs you can make up your own, as long as baby is aware what it signifies thats all that matters ------------- 
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 16 October 2010 at 6:21pm
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LMAO...it's one of the few signs she learnt and bothered to remember...and every single day she does her 'milkies' sign! -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Shelt
Date Posted: 16 October 2010 at 10:48pm
I did babysign with DD for months and months and months and she just looked at me blankly. Then one day when she was about 14 months we were out and she did every sign she knew repeatedly accompanied saying by each word. Little monkey knew them all along I think but was waiting till she could say the words  She used her signs for about 6 months after that and then they gradually faded away as she got better at talking. She still does all gone and bye bye but thats it now. Her words for the things she had signs for are very clear though and I wonder if she got really good at those words because she heard them so much, every single time I did the sign. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 18 October 2010 at 1:22pm
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I have recently started this. We use milk, up, eat, bath so far. DS has started signing milk, but he at this stage he is just doing it randomly, although everytime he does it I offer him my breast so it should stick soon enough. -------------  
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 15 November 2010 at 7:28pm
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Update!
Lily knows milk "milkie", hello/byebye, come here and eat! I was quite surprised how quick she picked them up - 2-3 weeks. Although at first she confused hello/byebye and milkie up but she's learned to wave her hand properly and knows the difference between milkie now. I often say the word but no sign and she'll do the sign! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: UpsyDaisy
Date Posted: 15 November 2010 at 10:11pm
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yay! aww to waving bye bye so cute - clever lily I have been really slack at remembering to do the sign for milk - probably only once or twice a day 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 3:54pm
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I am quite slack with that one too and that's why it was a shock to say it and her do it! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 4:11pm
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Jules I have the baby sign book now, but before I actually got it I would just think of words/activities I used all the time and looked them up on YouTube. Ones we use mostly at the moment are: Bath, Eat, Milk, Thankyou, Up, Down, Dog
ETA - you can make up your own signs for things, so long as you are consistent with them and they make sense for what you are talking about. -------------
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 16 November 2010 at 4:31pm
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Can you post a link to bath? Although DD understands when I say bath and then proceeds to babble about 'ba' and 'ba ffffff' for however long it takes for her to get into the bath lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 17 November 2010 at 3:43pm
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i don't have a link sorry Nic, but this is from the book: "rub your closed fists on your chest as if washing yourself"
Basically you have your hands in a fist and rub up and down on your chest. Does that make sense? -------------
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Posted By: Nothing
Date Posted: 17 November 2010 at 4:04pm
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Here you go, from the link that Kim posted earlier
http://babystrology.com/baby-learning/baby-sign-language/dictionary/bath.html ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 17 November 2010 at 6:58pm
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Cute! Will start doing that one!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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