https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:01:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-364126 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:31:45 +0000 T.H.O.U. 364126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: yes. He should be old enough to at least add a few signs even if he can't do them together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-364115 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:07:00 +0000 Mrs. Pen 364115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@808love: I have a lot less "mommy guilt" about letting my 8 mos old watch TV because he only watches Signing Time :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-364113 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:03:52 +0000 808love 364113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: I love the songs. Our Lo signed about 10 she needed over and over again. Also we liked watching the videos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-364095 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:41:58 +0000 Mrs. Pen 364095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: yeah I remember in my other thread someone mentioning that so now I'm trying to be consistent in saying, "more food", "more sleep", "more play" but I think he is still a little young to string together multiple signs so I don't expect that anytime soon but hopefully he will start to understand the difference between more being a universal sign as he seems to think it is now, and more actually meaning "more".</p> <p>@Baby Boy Mom: cute!!</p> <p>@mrs. bird: haha same! I know all the songs backwards and forwards. There are worse things that could get stuck in my head. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-364058 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:48:56 +0000 T.H.O.U. 364058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ran ino this issue today too when she just kept signing (and sayi g) more but we couldn't figure out what she wanted more of. At least it's nice to know she's wanting something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-364040 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:26:32 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 364040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO responded really well too! His first was "all done", which was way better than throwing food on the floor. Then he added "more" and "potty". Now he picks up on any little thing, even signs from songs etc. I don't know if they are real signs, but he puts his hand to his head for "sleep", arms stretched out for "plane", two arms up for "goal"...it's really cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-364025 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:10:34 +0000 sarac 364025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine really did, and she randomly signs 'more' too. It's a little weird, I never know what she wants more of. I just assume she wants more of whatever we're doing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-363980 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:21:38 +0000 mrs. bird 363980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love signing time!! So much fun &amp; I think they do a great job showing kids using signs appropriately. The songs get stuck in my head though, I'll find myself humming alone in the car :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-363964 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:13:59 +0000 Bao 363964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>awesome! We plan on doing baby signs with our LO when she gets old enough (she's 8 weeks), good to know its successful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-363909 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:09:51 +0000 pinkcupcake 363909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cool! I haven't been too consistent signing with L but I've been doing a few (eat, dog, more) - ill be fun to see her ign back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-363883 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:30:17 +0000 MrsHotDog 363883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: it seriously blew our minds when she did it! We were talking about how much more she understands and pay attention than we realize. It is called "Baby Signs for Bedtime". I think I got it for like $2 at Tuesday Morning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-363881 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:26:23 +0000 Mrs. Pen 363881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsHotDog: that is so cute!! what book is it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-363879 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:22:04 +0000 MrsHotDog 363879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter has done really well with signing. I have only taught her a few since I don't want her to become dependent on signing and not focus on learning to speak (I don't know if there is any evidence to back this up but I do worry about it). She knows milk, eat and more. She has also learned book, bath, light, blanket, toothbrush, moon and love through a bedtime sign book I read her. I had no idea she was even paying attention all those times until she opened the book the other day and started doing them herself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-363876 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:13:13 +0000 Mrs. Pen 363876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: I love the signing time DVDs, I need to buy more because we only have one. </p> <p>I took ASL as a second language in high school so I pull most of the signs from memory. </p> <p>I recommend The Joy of Signing and Signing Made Easy - those are the two books I went through in HS. </p> <p>I need to pull my signing book out of storage because as he gets older and more acquainted with signs I want to sign specific foods that he can ask for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-363871 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:05:59 +0000 lemondrop 363871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is fantastic! I've been interested in some basic signs, but haven't gotten into it yet. Is there a book or site you recommend? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-signscommunication#post-363869 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:01:59 +0000 Mrs. Pen 363869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So as some of you know I started signing with Cobi (<a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cobi-did-his-first-baby-sign" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cobi-did-his-first-baby-sign</a>) and he signed "more" at dinner once. He hasn't done it at mealtime since; but yesterday he was doing the sign throughout the day just randomly. I wasn't really sure what he was trying to do.</p> <p>Then, we dropped him off at my sister's so we could go out and I mentioned he'd been doing the sign all day and she said her 14 mos old sometimes just randomly signs too, so we shrugged it off.</p> <p>Well we picked him up at about 10:45 pm which meant we had to wake him up. DH put him in his carseat, he was obviously upset about being woken up and kept signing "more more more". My sister made a really great observation: he knows that signing is communicating with me and in the past he knows it worked - his needs were met, so that's why he's going to continue doing it. It totally makes sense!! He did it again this morning when he got stuck crawling, he signed more. So as of right now, I can assume it means I have a need..</p> <p>I am loving seeing this progress and it's definitely encouraged me to work on signs with him more.</p> <p>Did your baby respond really well to signing? </p>