RE: Baby Sign or coincidence?

[Guest guest]

Llanda,

My son new how to let me know he wanted to nurse with a particular sign

(that he made up on his own) from around 5-6 months. I would bet that is

her first sign. Babies are so smart esecially when it comes to their food!

LOL Keep working with her, I am sure it will pay off! Good work.

Wendi

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Baby Sign or coincidence?

I know some of you are already familiar with baby signs (and even use them)

For those of you who are not I will very quickly explain, basically it is

teaching your baby sign language, the have found that babies are able to

communicate long before they can actually verbalize a word, and using simple

gestures (Baby signs) can enable them to communicate with you before they

can

talk. I have read the book and have been working with since she

was

about 5 months old. Which is very early and really I was doing it more to

get

myself in the habit of using them than expecting her to learn them this

early

(babies typically start using them around 11 months) Anyway to the point, My

sign for nursing has been tapping on my chest and every time we sit down to

eat I ask her " you want to eat? " while using the sign. Well a few days ago,

My friend Judi was holding her, and started gumming her shirt,

Well

since she is teething, Judi did not think much of it, she did it again and

again Judi did not pay much attention to it, then started tapping

her chest and Judi says to me I think she may be hungry, and told me what

she

did, now this was a good hour before she was " due " to eat again, but she had

not nursed very well our previous session, but I gave it a try and sure

enough she was hungry, now this time I just wrote it off as a coincidence,

but last night we were at a party, so I was not paying close attention to

the

time I was holding and she starts patting my chest, and I looked

at the clock and it was time for her to eat, and I sat down to feed her and

she was hungry. SO what do you think, do you think it really is her first

sign or is it just a coincidence?

-Llanda

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[Guest guest]

> SO what do you think, do you think it really is

> her first sign or is it just a coincidence?

Sounds like it to me! Yeah! First communication!

-Jen

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[Guest guest]

SO what do you think, do you think it really is her first sign or is it just a coincidence?

Sounds to me like she just learned to successfully use her first Baby Sign!!!

How great that she's getting the return message from you--that really reinforces her!

Congrats!

Fawn

[Guest guest]

Sounds to me like she just learned to successfully use her first Baby Sign!!! How great that she's getting the return message from you--that really reinforces her! Congrats! Fawn

She did it again tonight, I think you all are right and this really is her first sign! )

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

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[Guest guest]

My vote is that she has identified the sign with wanting to nurse. I would

try adding another sign. She's almost 7 months, and considering when you

started the initial sign, it is plausible that she is now using it.

Amy Lynn

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[Guest guest]

I am really interested in doing this with my baby. Did I read

correctly that there is a book? Does anyone have the name of a good

book on signing with your child?

Thanks,

Chele

Mother to (10) (6) & Serena (2 months)

[Guest guest]

It's called Baby Signs by Acredolo and Goodwyn.

Tina

Mommy to Blake

born 4-2-00

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Re: Baby Sign or coincidence?

> I am really interested in doing this with my baby. Did I read

> correctly that there is a book? Does anyone have the name of a good

> book on signing with your child?

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> Thanks,

>

> Chele

> Mother to (10) (6) & Serena (2 months)

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> Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

> http://www.lactivist.com

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[Guest guest]

I am using th book called simply Baby Signs.