Which baby signs should you start with?

Are you thinking of using baby sign language with your baby but you don't know which signs to start with?

Our article, "Which Baby Signs Should I Introduce First to My Baby?" explains everything.

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Is baby sign language the same as ASL?

Are you wondering if baby sign language is some secret hand signal system that only each mother and baby would recognize? Or, is it the same as American Sign Language? Or, is it somewhere in between?

Check out our article about which system is best for communicating with your baby by clicking on the link below:

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Are you wondering if baby sign language is only for deaf babies or babies who are identified as hard of hearing?

If so, check out our article, "Baby Sign Language is not only for Deaf Babies" by clicking on the link below:

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Baby Sign Language Research

There has been a lot of research regarding using American Sign Language with children in the following areas:

1. baby sign language for hearing babies
2. baby sign language for non-hearing babies
3. baby sign language for babies and children with learning disabilities
4. baby sign language for babies and children with genetic conditions that pre-dispose them to learning and developmental disabilities or delays
5. using American Sign Language in daycare and school settings

For details on any of these areas of research, visit our website:

Baby Sign Language Research Link

ASL for hearing babies

A lot of people ask me if they should use American Sign Language with their hearing baby. If their baby can hear, why promote a language geared towards deaf people? Won't it just delay their actual speech?

I thought the same thing. I wondered if they may have a delay in spoken language if I taught them baby sign language.

In both of my daughters' cases, they signed about 40 signs by the time they were 2 and they also spoke about 40 words. Now, some of the signs and words were the same, but not many, so they ended up with a total vocabulary of about 60-70 "words". They both talked at 2 years of age, which although it was not early, it was not late either.

It simply allows babies to communicate before their vocal chords are sophisticated anough to vocalize their needs and wants. It really works!

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Turning a non-believer into a believer

My sister-in-law was not convinced that sign language would work. She was certain that babies could not be communicated with and that all they did was cry (obviously she does not have any children).

One day in the summer, while most of my in-laws were visiting, my husband and I went golfing and left our daughter with my mother-in-law and my three sisters-in-law. We left them a list of all of the signs that Casey could do along with a book describing each sign.

When we returned home from golfing, they were all raving about how easy it was to babysit Casey. She would sign for them and they would look up the sign in the book and give her what she wanted. There was only 1 sign we forgot to put in the book (probably one she just learned). They said that there was only thing they could not do for her and when they asked her for the sign, she made the sign for "music". She wanted them to turn on the radio!

Now, all of my in-laws are firm believers in teaching children American Sign Language!