Many of the emotional meltdowns children experience between 9 and 30 months of age spring from their frustration at not being able to communicate. Their ideas far outstrip their language skills. The “terrible twos” are less terrible when children have learned more ways to get across their intense and conflicting thoughts. Baby signs are a wonderful way to do this.
Shaking the head or moving the hand is far easier to learn than the intricate manipulation of the lips, jaw, and tongue necessary for each new word. Large muscle coordination is learned before small muscle coordination—at about the same time kids want to express themselves. Baby signs can also speed language development.
These very simple maneuvers create rewarding ways for parents to connect with their children. They make an already magical time even richer, deepening family bonds. As older children get involved, not only can baby signs lessen temper tantrums and frustration in the little ones, but they can ease sibling rivalry as well.
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