In This Issue: 
 
Welcome 
Baby Photo Contest 
What's new on the Boards 
Feature Article: Baby Sign Language 
 
Hello! 
Welcome to the first issue of Baby Book Place Newsletter! Having 
five kids, I know how stressful it can be having a newborn. 
I hope to lighten your burden by sharing valuable 
information that will help you make important parenting 
decisions. Remember, babies grow so fast! My oldest turns 
13 in two days. When he was a baby, I couldn't imagine 
having a teenager, but I blinked and that's what happened.  
Enjoy every minute~ 
Shannon 
 
Baby Photo Contest 
Baby Book Place is proud to announce their first ever Baby Photo 
Contest. To enter, please send your photos to 
admin@babybookplace.com And be sure to stop by to 
judge the entries at 
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pick to photoentryt@babybookplace.com 
 
What's New on the Boards 
We've got our message boards up and going. This is a great 
way to interact with other parents. I'm sure you'll 
definitely learn a lot, and hopefully share a lot! 
You can post at http://www.babybookplace.com/message-board.html 
 
 
Baby Sign, the teaching of sign language to hearing babies. 
Why? When? How?  
 
I have always had an interest in sign language since 
knowing my deaf aunt and uncle as a little girl. I myself 
know a little sign for worship at church. I read about the 
new idea of teaching sign to hearing babies and immediately 
knew I would like to do that with Haley. My adopted 
daughter will be 1 year old on Tuesday.  
 
I admit I did not teach sign to my 3 teenagers when they 
were babies. However with baby number 4 in my home and with 
me at age 40, there are a lot of things I do differently 
this time around.  
 
Sign language for babies uses a different part of the brain 
than speech. Studies have shown that these babies who learn 
sign are less frustrated because they can express their 
wants and needs. It also says that these babies are 
actually ahead, not delayed, in speech development. Babies 
are able to do many signs before they can speak the words.  
 
Our babies all do some signs without us even thinking about 
it. They wave Hi and bye-bye. They point to things they 
want. They make animal signs or sounds. Haley loves to do 
fish lips and blows kisses, nod yes and no. When your baby 
starts learning to wave it is a perfect time to begin 
teaching other signs.  
 
When Haley was about 8-9 months old and could wave I 
started showing a few signs consistently. Milk, more, 
kitty, all done. I remember well the day Haley got the sign 
for MORE (fingers tips together in front of your chest). 
She has always been very verbal and clear about what she 
wants. That usually meant yelling at you. I was working on 
the computer. I had a bag of baby cookies. She would have 
one, then come back and scream indicating she wanted 
another and I gave it to her. After 5 or 6 times I thought 
"Wow, I am teaching her to scream for what she wants." The 
next time she came I said "MORE?" and did the sign with my 
fingers. I repeated that for several times. Then the next 
time I did it with her fingers and said the word. We did 
that a couple times. Then she came up and did the sign the 
next time, without screaming. YEAH! Success! That was way 
too easy. I realize how quickly she got it and started 
showing her other signs.  
 
I did a similar thing for nursing. Her usually way was to 
lay down in my lap or tug at my shirt. I taught her the 
sign (squeeze the hand together like milking a cow. Yah I 
Know LOL). I started using it with her before and during 
the time she nursed. At first she would reach up and do the 
sign while she was nursing. Now part of the time she will 
come up and do it to tell me she wants to nurse.  
 
She loves animals so we are working on naming all the 
animals both in words and signs. Her first few attempts at 
kitty (fingers across the cheek like whiskers) were 
actually done on top of her head. Now she can get one 
finger across her cheek and she says the word also. For Big 
Bird, she does one finger on her nose instead of the beak 
motion with two fingers. It is not so important that babies 
do the signs perfectly but that you and she both 
understand.  
 
I hope this article will encourage you to teach your baby a 
few signs too. They really think it is a great game. Give 
it a try.  
 
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