7 - 8 Months

Week 27: Your baby wants to tell you something—12 best first signs

Your baby loves to communicate with you ❤️ Babies develop receptive language before they learn expressive language. In other words, babies are able to first understand a lot more than they can actually say themselves. Most babies say a first recognizable word around one year old.

Research shows that babies who learn basic sign language develop pathways for communication sooner than they would otherwise. Learning signs may also help your baby feel less frustrated, since they’ll be able to express some of their wants and needs before they can put them into words.

Some babies are able to understand signs when they are as young as 6 months old, but your baby likely won’t have the hand control to sign back until they’re about 8 or 9 months. Babies need time to build up their understanding skills before they can express themselves—first in signs, then later in verbal language.

A couple tips:

Try to use the signs consistently
Continue to use the “correct” signs when communicating with your baby, even though they may not be signing back exactly as you are modeling. Their signs will likely change over time and eventually start to look more like yours

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