Have you heard of sign language for babies?

When I first heard about sign language for babies, our daughter Hana was about three months old. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t believe that sign language for babies would be very effective, so we didn’t look into it at that time.

Then, as Hana got older, she became very articulate at an early age, so it wasn’t really necessary with her. (She could talk before she could walk!).

However, with our second daughter Alexa, we did teach her basic words in sign language for babies. We taught her the sign for “more” (tips of fingers touching together) and “all finished” (shaking hands up parallel to shoulders) and the results were amazing!

I believe in sign language for babies

It was wonderful when Alexa was fussy in her highchair, we could rely on sign language for babies to help us understand her. We could ask, “What’s wrong Lexi?” and she would actually do the basic words in sign language, like “more”, as in “I want more food” or “all finished”, as in “Get me outta this highchair!”

It helped us understand her and her needs.

Even sometimes when were driving in the car, Hana could see Lexi, who was facing backwards in her infant car seat, and she would translate Lexi’s sign language for babies. If Lexi was hungry, she signed “more” and Hana would pipe up, “Lexi’s hungry, mom!”.

Basic Sign Language For Babies

Obviously there are many basic words in sign language you can teach your baby and it really works. We were a bit lazy and only used two words and even with just two, it was very helpful. We had the same positive results with our son. Trey is able to talk now and he still remembers the sign language for babies that we taught him.

There are many books and videos available on this subject. I would encourage you to look into sign language for babies for yourself.