What age is appropriate to start doing baby sign language with my infant son?
There is a wealth of information about this topic and, as usual when it comes to kids, lots of different answers. However, to pare things down, here is a great article from the About.com website regarding this topic: http://deafness.about.com/od/babysigning/a/howtobabysign.htm Basically, it reinforces what I have previously learned when talking with the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) who worked w/ my preemie son: you can begin at any point. The age that I heard that was most recommended (reinforced by the SLP) is somewhere between 6-months- and 9-months-old — whenever your baby really connects with your eye contact and starts interacting with you. That may vary, depending on your child’s development. If you start sooner, it may take a little time for your baby to sign back to you — but they absorb a lot of info even at a young age
