Customer Reviews

Baby Signs

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Our daughter is only 9 months old right now, a bit too young for signing yet, but recently several parents we know shared their positive experiences with using baby sign language that I figured we should get an early start with introducing both her and us to it. Last week I just came across this book in a store, and it looked like a good first book for children to begin looking at. It's a sturdy board book that includes 13 useful words that your baby will want to use -- milk, water, more, all done, diaper, sleepy, it hurts, help me, mom, dad, cat, dog, and book. As a parent, there are a few other words I'd also like to know getting started (such as, there is the sign for "more" but what about first communicating that they are "hungry" in the first place?) -- but for a child's board book, it still seems to be a good one.

My son enjoys this book and the drawings are nice but I am disappointed by the fact that not all of the signs are consistent with ASL.

As a breastfeeding and cloth diapering mother the pages for milk and diaper are confusing to my son but I understand that the author was writing this for the masses.

I really like the concept but wish that all of the signs included were ASL instead of just some.

This book does a good job of teaching baby as well as parent how to do some basic signs (dog, cat, diaper, water, all done, milk, etc.). The pictures grab my daughter's attention and have since she was 5 months old (she is almost 9 months and still loves it). She already does a gesture very similar to 'milk' when she is hungry.

The book itself is well-made and a size my daughter favors - not too long, not too big, not too thick. Nice colors that catch her attention.

However, I find the choice of words to be a bit strange. I don't see why a baby needs to learn the sign for the word 'diaper', but not the sign for the word 'wet' or 'dirty' or even 'potty'. Why teach 'water' or 'milk' when one should learn 'hungry' or thirsty' first? The words 'yes' and 'no' are not in this book, and they are words we are teaching our daughter and she is already responding to the signs. The choice of teaching 'cat' and 'dog' I find a bit strange for not every household has these pets. Though my daughter adores this book, I think the selection of signs to be lacking and feel there are more useful signs out there for your little one.

I bought this book for my niece who is an autistic toddler. She enjoys the book, but I was a little disappointed in the fact that the sign they have used for "DOG" is not the correct ASL sign. I know as a daughter with a dad who is deaf and a mom who is an ASL interpreter that I tend to push a little harder for the correct signs. It could be that the actual sign for "DOG" is a little difficult for toddlers to master, but I think consistency is what is needed to help children develop their communication skills. Other than that it's a great book.

We purchased this book for our son when his son was born. We all helped teach the baby signs to our 6 month old grandson. He was able to communicate basic wants, needs and feelings before he could talk. We believe that early signing is why our grandson can speak and communicate so well today at 2 1/2.

I bought this book for my grandson who is seven months old. My daughter plans to teach him sign language. Since I was buying books for her, I thought this would be something for him to help better understand.

I bought this for our niece because her parents wanted to teach her sign language to better communicate at a young age. I bought this when she was 4 months old and I still see this book laying around with the toys she plays with.

This is a great book for baby and or small children. What your child isn't saying or speaking as fast as you feel they should
this a good way to communicate with them.

This is a perfect beginning for babies! The colorful pictures are simple for parents to learn and perfect for baby's first signs!

easy to follow.. great illustration.. sturdy book with cardboard pages. my baby is still too young to get it (2 months), but he loves sucking on the pages for now. haha!