Australian Baby Hands

Good – My baby has not yet signed back to us, but we are hoping and looking forward to this happening soon (as she has started waving goodbye - which really is sign language too!) I like that baby hands is based around standard australian sign language, so baby is really learning another language. I am excited about my baby starting to sign back and… Read more

being able to communicate with me better, and hopefully this will help babies vocabulary development too. Some of the signs I think are a little complex (eg. sign for milk) so I have simplified these a little for our own use, I don't think it will matter

Good – Baby Hands was easy to understand and got me started on baby sign rather than thinking that it was too hard. Our bub is now a year old and rapidly adding to her signing vocab (drink, food, music, finished, bath, dog, hat, please) She loves it (thinks she is soooo clever) and definitely reduces frustration. Where she used to whinge and sook because… Read more

she was thirsty, she now happily signs drink and please and we know what she wants! It gives you a simple strategy for introducing baby sign language to your bub. Before reading this I was a bit overwhelmed by all they signs to choose from. Photos of basic signs are clear and easy to understand. It does include a number of photos but even more would be good!

Good – A useful reference if you want to try baby signing. And baby signing is easy to do and well worth the effort. It definitely reduces frustration in the child as they can ask for what they want instead of throwing a tantrum. My child also gets really excited when he sees an object that he knows the sign for - he loves to sign to me about what he… Read more

sees. A nice reference book - a good introduction to baby signing. Clear pictures of 50 or so signs to use. Provides good coverage of why you might use baby signing and how/when to introduce it. None really. The author also offers an email newsletter which is not particularly useful, and has BAD formatting!