I’m a big believer in teaching babies sign language. I saw it work with my nephew and knew that I’d like to do the same with Little O. The idea that he can actually let me know what he wants and why he’s upset before he can use words sounds great to me! But I’m also attached to the “no screen time before 2 years” idea. (I’ve made it 6 months so far. Ask me in a year how I’m doing. And then ask me with my second child how I’m doing.) So I wanted a way to start teaching Little O sign language without plunking him down in front of the TV.
Enter “Baby Signs,” a cute pop-up book that covers 15 basic signs that will help me communicate with Little O! In each page spread, an adorable illustration comes to life. In addition to the main pop-up image, the pages feature several “pull tab” interactions that demonstrate how to do the sign. I think that my favorite feature of the book is a mini poster that has all the signs in one place. It’s like my cheat sheet to remind me what’s what. I do wish that it came with more guidance about what ages this works best with, or tips on sharing the book with baby, but I’m sure I’ll manage. I’m just the type of person who scours the diapers box for instructions on how to properly change a diaper. (Not there, by the way, because apparently I’m the only human being on the planet who didn’t naturally just know exactly how to do it.)
Right now we’re working on “No” because my mom says it’s better to introduce limitations at 6 months than at 2 years. I’m also incorporating “more” during meal time and “all done” when he obviously is full. I’m excited to watch for signs of when he really starts getting it!
Are you at this stage, too, or do you know someone who is? Five lucky readers can win a copy of this book, and one grand prize winner will even receive a $50 gift certificate to Babies “R” Us!
Giveaway Details:
- To enter the Baby Signs Pop-Up Book Giveaway leave a comment on this post.
- If you blog about this, you get an extra entry. Provide a link to your post in your comment.
- If you twitter about it, you will receive an additional entry. Again, let me know in your comment that you did this. This means you can get TWO extra entries for this giveaway!
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- The deadline to enter is Monday July 27th, Midnight MST. Winners will be announced Tuesday July 28th.
- If I don’t hear from you within 7 days to claim your giveaway another winner will be chosen. Seriously folks, come back and get your prizes.
- Good luck!
not entering the drawing, but I will say that we used some signs with our first and it was great. No. More. All done. Song. Sleep. It's cute that though he's almost 3 and highly verbal, he still makes the sign for "more" rather absent-mindedly. We started around 7-8 months with a couple of signs and added more over time.
well sign us up (oh hahahaha I'm so funny…)
I've been trying to teach my son a few signs but could probably use some more direction.
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Sit was another favorite with my daughter. The kids still know it so when we're at storytime and they start running around like freaks I can sign 'sit' to them with a real mean face. I totally want that gift certificate.
did the signing thing with my first, then got lazy with number two. would love to win and start working with him!
fingers crossed!
I've used a few signs with my son. He's very verbal, so he's learning words faster than I can teach him the signs. I'd really like to learn more, though, so count me in! :)
We did this with my two youngest brothers. They are 12 and 9 now. It was really neat. I for sure plan to do Baby Signs with my someday kids.
i love this giveaway!
i always wanted to do signing, but never wanted to take out a second mortgage to get those darn videos. amazing to think there's also a book out there to do the same thing!
How fun! We are currently working on signing with our one-year-old right now!
-Amy
(Crafting by Candlelight)
I would love to try this with my 4 month old
my baby is signing like crazy and this would be perfect!
A GC for diapers would be perfect too!
tuesdayef at aol dot com
I would love to win! I have a 3 yr. old but am pregnant again, so this would be a great book for me to read up on!
Crystal72206@yahoo.com
i would love to win this giveaway. my first baby comes next month!
I have a 6 month old, too, and plan on doing some baby sign language with her. I haven't started anything yet, so this would set me off on the right foot!
I would love to win this!!!
I've always wanted to learn baby sign language~! and teach it too!
here's my tweet!
http://twitter.com/cornellian2001/status/2762653227
Cool. I want a smart baby.
I haven't even given signing much thought (I have a three month old) but it is now something I'm considering! I would love this book to get us started.
I'd love to teach my son some signs. Thanks for the chance.
sweetascandy579 at yahoo dot com
I hear deaf babies can sign as early as five months, would love to win (my baby is five months…i'd like to test the waters!)
I used signs with my second and third and I loved them. My son was slower to start using the signs I was teaching him (around 13-14 months old) and I had started around 10 months so I almost gave up for a while there but I was so glad I didn't because he was also less verbal than my girls and I know it helped reduce his frustrations when it came to communicating. Now I have another little boy (6 months old) so I'd love this book to read with him.
What a great giveaway! I have a son with a speech delay (who is doing much better now after intensive therapy) and it would have been great to teach him sign language as a baby/toddler to cut down on his frustration level. I'm expecting a baby next month and I would love to teach her sign language!
mfalcon13@hotmail.com
i've tried doing the sign thing and it's hard to always do it! I think that having a book to read to her everynight will help reinforce what I do throughout the day!!
I'd love to win. I do signs with my daughter and she loves books. What a great combo.
I love baby signs! I think it's genius and I've been working with my baby for a month now trying to get him to sign with me! This looks like a great book.
I blogged. (http://spoonsucker.blogspot.com/2009/07/baby-signs.html)
I twittered. (http://twitter.com/kathleendiana)
AND, I added your awesome button.I don't know why I haven't done that yet anyway.
I have your button too. Thanks for the giveaway.
My son and I both need to learn some sign language, I think it'd be wonderful to communicate with him!
I've been trying to teach my baby some signs but I don't really know what I'm doing!!!
I'd love for my daughter to learn some basic signs, it's a great skill to have! trixpixel(at)gmail.com