She says, "I've already started using, signing milk to him just trying to get it early now. We'll see if it works."

Children generally begin speaking somewhere around 12 months, but they can respond to sign language much earlier.
Tami Iszler teaches sign language to parents.

She says, "Instead of throwing a temper tantrum after mom and dad can't decide what they want after pointing we can give them some signs, beginning signs."

Parents can begin by signing simple words such as more, milk, or eat.
Iszler teaches pidgeon sign language, which uses key words along with facial expressions.

"What your body and facial expressions say is what is going to come across to the child," she says.

Signing has been shown to increase verbal language skills later in a child's development.

By Angela Blanchard
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