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we started at 4 months, it's never too early or late. he is 9 months now and recognizes more/play/toys/eat. we are working on stringing signs together, like more blueberries or more banana? i am about to introduce him to bath/book/bed.

i read the baby sign bible while i was still pregnant and thought it was a great, helpful resource for how to introduce sign.

I was just thinking about this. My LO is 8 months and I'm going to try some signs now. Honestly, I made some up cause I've been lazy about researching. I have an intern at work that knows sign language so I'm going to ask her to teach me a couple of signs.

@PurpleUnicorn: It's something she can watch, but she's only watched it twice she doesn't have much interest in TV.

http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Einstein-My-First-Signs/dp/B000LSAIZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371260613&sr=8-1&keywords=baby+einstein+baby+sign

I know there are a couple of apps with baby signs too, that are free. You could always just look up signs as you want them. I do have a book and flashcards and it said some good ones to start with are "more" "milk" "all done" and then a couple of signs that your baby would be interested in.

I didn't start until around 10 months, when my daughter started saying real words. We did nurse, drink, eat, all done and more. They were all fantastically useful, and I was really sorry when she dropped them eventually in favor of the words. Drink, especially, because she started asking for water way more than I was giving it to her, and I knew she wanted more.

I didn't make any big effort. I just found a book at a used book store about it. Then I'd start doing the sign when I said the word. She'd take a week or two, then she'd sometimes just make it for fun, then she'd clearly make it with intent and meaning another week or so later.

We started around 10 months, half heartedly, then forgot about it. Something clicked a few weeks ago (almost 17 months) and he started signing "more" completely on his own. It made us wish we had kept up with it more!