Getting Ready:

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Is my baby ready?

What should you watch out for to see if your baby's ready to sign?

Your baby will be increasingly sociable, making more and more varied noises and using a bigger range of facial expressions to attract your attention.

Your baby will also start using simple gestures like waving goodbye, pointing or raising both arms to be picked up.

These motor skills, where the brain is learning to control the movement of the limbs, are evidence that your baby has learned to imitate certain simple signs and is learning the basics of communication.

You'll notice how your baby is learning to concentrate better, using the eyes to track movement, and increasingly responding to eye-to-eye contact.

At whatever age you start, the key is to persevere, so that your baby experiences both speech and sign at the same time.