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I hope to...but we'll see if it pans out!

For anyone who did - when did you start??

We used it a lot; DD's daycare also uses sign language, so it was a great communication tool for us. We started pretty easy with signs for more, all done, milk, eat, mommy and daddy. Later on, we added a bunch more verbs (play, potty, snow, etc...), some conversational words (please, thank you) and a lot of animals. DD probably knows 35 or more words, although she mostly talks now. It was super helpful from about 9 months until 15 months, when she really started talking.

We just watched how-to videos off of http://www.aslpro.com and looked up new words when it seemed like DD was ready for it.

Our daycare teaches it but we never really reinforced it too much at home. Now, LO usually signs and speaks when she wants something.

My younger sister has taught my nephew to sign thank you, please, more and I think that's it right now. And he's 18 months but been doing it for some time.

We'd like to try it. I took sign language in college and know some basics. Plus, I have a neighbor who is deaf and he helps me learn some new signs every time I see him. He quizzes me on what I remember, too.

I am thinking about it.
My mom did it with my little sister and brother and it was SO cool. They knew so many words. I was always amazed at how well I could communicate with them.

I hope too, my cousins did it and they were great communicators and were advanced when it came to talking. I think it would help with frustration. Even just a few terms to help the baby communicate what it wants would be helpful.

LO is 10 months and hasn't really gotten in it. She communicates in her own way but doesn't really sign much.