Thread: Baby sign language

Originally Posted by honedright

My brother and sister-in-law taught their infant son sign language. I guess it's the latest fad thing to do. At about the time he should have been vocalizing requests or responses to his parents, he refused and signed instead. He even signed to those of us who did not sign or understand sign language. My wife and I saw this as counter productive to good language skills development and over-all a ridiculous thing to do to a non-hearing impaired child.

Well, at least we saw it as more of a gimmick and a waste of time. He seems to be communicating fine now. But the signing just seemed to give my nephew one more way of frustrating his parents, and everyone else.


Scott

Those were our thoughts until we met some kids who were not year spoken language aged, who were able to communicate their needs in a manner other than pointing and screaming. Those kids all developed speech normally.

Originally Posted by smokelaw1

other than pointing and screaming.

Oh, but that is so much a part of the fun in raising children! You don't want to miss out.


Scott

Originally Posted by honedright

Oh, but that is so much a part of the fun in raising children! You don't want to miss out.


Scott

Oh, I have a feeling we'll still get plenty of pointing and screaming. She knows "all done." That's pretty much it. We are working on signs around food/feeding because that is where we have the most, uh, communication based frustration. Yeah, "frustration."

Originally Posted by freebird

The finger tapping you on the head brought to mind the TV show the Dinosaurs, with the baby whacking the daddy with a frying pan while saying "Not the Momma!".

I remember that! It was great and always brought a smile to my face, which it just did again. Thanks.