Teaching Baby Sign Language Before Speech

How early can i start to teach my baby sign language?

I think it is really important for communication and would like to learn the basics to start teaching my son. he is 6 and a half months old, how early did you start with you baby and what did you teach first?

I found my library has the series “Baby Signing Time” so we’re using that with my second, and my first really loves them as well as relearning a lot of the signs she knew, and remembering them better. The first DVD was:
-eat -cracker, banana, cereal
-drink – milk, juice and water
more and done (in connection with eat and drink)
-diaper/potty
-mother, father, grandma, grandpa
-pets – dog, cat, bird, frog, horse
-hurt – where? – point to the spot

With my son, he’s 4 months old so we just use them around him like we would use normal language around him, which is how the hard of hearing and deaf kids pick it up (I know several 6-9 month olds who string words together and sign.) He HAS started signing ‘mom’ (coinciding with him starting to say “mommommomm” when he sees me this week…) so I do think he’s starting to do something there. So 6 months is plenty old enough to start. But don’t do flashcards as much as just you signing around him. You give a bottle and you sign ‘milk’ or breastfeed and sign ‘mama milk’ etc. (Loved how in the video it shows a mother breastfeeding!)

Add: 6 months is when most babies start signing back. Though here’s one signing back at 3 months. But like any language, you just use it around them and they pick it up.

Add: I actually put those videos up for the poster, not you A. That’s why the first is a 6 month old, her baby is 6 months old, so it’s very relevant. Then I thought the 3 month old was interesting. But, look up the information. 6 months old is when they begin to sign back and almost every class guarantees a 6 month old can learn to sign (it’s also when most babies start trying to say their first word, so is it surprising?) The one woman was saying her 3 month old spontaneously signed ‘up’ when asked what she wanted, and stopped crying when picked up, and that is the beginning of language (she said the baby also tried to say ‘up’, not just sign it, though hearing the baby I think it’s mommy wishful thinking it’s not impossible.) At 4 months old some babies have shown to understand their parents’ signs. Repetitive behavior is how a baby learns to speak, to communicate, to sign, to do anything. Like any language, it’s pretty understood that earlier exposure is better than putting it off.

Please provide evidence that it’s impossible for a 4 month old to sign if you’re going to argue it’s pointless to teach them until 11 months old. I’ve simply babysat far too many deaf or children of deaf kids who were signing at 4-6 months old, consistently communicating their needs, to accept your answer that a 4 month old can’t sign.

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