A review by imperfectcj
Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, New Edition by Douglas Abrams, Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn

2.0

The authors in this book encourage parents to work with their children and make up their own signs. This might be an effective approach for some families, but it wasn't for us. For one, I could never remember the signs we made up. Having set ASL signs helped give me a reference to remind me what I was teaching my daughter so I could be consistent. Also, my daughter has signing cousins and it was important to me that she learn actual ASL signs so she could communicate with them (in baby talk, of course). I loved signing with my daughter, but this book wasn't the right approach for my family. I preferred [book: Sign with Your Baby], by Joseph Garcia.