My nephew, Gogol, spoke late. So my sister taught him how to sign. This helped them get through his toddler years. Baby signing was an activity that Gogol really enjoyed.
Since baby signing was really useful with her and Gogol, my sister encouraged me to do the same with Maia. When Maia was just 6 months, she would send me video files of baby signing that she downloaded from you tube.
I tried to teach Maia when she started showing signs of being sociable at around her 9th month but I admit, baby signing really takes a lot of patience and hardwork. We've taught her the signs for milk, water, book and sleep but we never took off after these. At the back of my mind though, I still really want to keep on teaching her more until she starts talking. After all, any form of communication other than screaming or wailing is always good for our household.
This morning while browsing through Baby Center, I stumbled into a baby signing article. They listed a couple of basic signs that I think we can still apply with Maia. So starting today, I vowed to introduce 2 signs per week. Until she shows some signs of mastery on them.
Here's the list that I found in Baby Center:
• 'food' -- put your finger tips to your lips
• 'all gone' -- move your hand, palm up, backwards and forwards
• 'scared' -- tap your chest again and again
• 'hot' -- put your hand out and withdraw it quickly
• 'where?' -- shrug your shoulders, with your palms held out
• 'rabbit' -- wrinkling up your nose or hold up two fingers
• 'car' -- steer an imaginary wheel
• 'book' -- holding hands flat with palms up
I'll add more signs to this list as I learn them. I do hope Maia and I will succeed in this attempt just as Gogol and her Nanay did. Wish us luck!
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