Baby Sign Language is a method of communication used with hearing babies and toddlers to communicate before they are able to speak properly.

Babies understand and know what it is that they want from an early age – about 6 months. For some, it can be another 12 months or even longer before they have the ability to communicate these needs with the people around them. How frustrating to know what you want but not be able to speak – this is the reality for our little ones each and every day.

Most parents and caregivers establish a routine with their babies. This does lesson the burden of the frequent misunderstandings however there is an easier way to communicate before this speech is developed fully – it’s called Baby Sign Language. People may think that this is the latest parenting craze or a new trend that you have to keep up with. The truth is that we have instinctually been using baby signs to communicate with our little ones for such a long time. For instance, you may have a particular gesture or facial expression that you use every time you express a certain emotion to your baby. The baby returns these simple gestures with their own sign language – they point, hand you something or they nod their head. Sometimes they extend their arms to you to signal that they want you to pick them up.

Imagine if you could develop this further so that you had 10 – 20 gestures or signals that you consistently used and mutually understood – wouldn’t life be a little easier? That is what baby sign language is all about, simplifying the communication process. Babies are between 12-30 months by the time that they have developed the ability to speak properly. It takes this long because a complicated sequence of events needs to occur before they are able to put together the correct mouth shape, tongue movement and vocal sounds. Until they work this out it is a guessing game. One that sometimes ends in tears (and this works both ways too!). Having a few simple gestures to help you understand each other can provide mutual enjoyment as well as ease the frustration. Learning Baby Sign Language is not only fun but practical and the benefits extend way beyond the first few years.

Baby Sign Language 

Toddler Interpreter teach Baby Signs and they offer the best Free Baby Sign Language Chart  available online and their Baby Sign Language Book is used by parents and childcare centres in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to Teach Baby Sign Language. Sign Language for Babies is easy using Toddler Interpreter’s comprehensive Baby Sign Language Dictionary. Sign Language for Toddlers can help reduce frustration and Baby Sign Language has proved very beneficial for Premature Babies, children with Velo Cardio Facial Syndrome and other babies at risk of developing a speech delay.