Parenting with Sign Language

I adopted a barely three, little girl from China. She could understand Chinese, but couldn't speak it due to cleft palate. I spoke no Chinese. She screamed for a few weeks until I thought of teaching her to sign using Signing Time videos. Her world exploded. She could tell me what she needed and wanted. I could tell her stories. Signing is a wonderful language.

Growing up with deaf parents, I still remember the day I realized you didn't have to see someone to communicate. I was five and my brother was three and i heard him sneeze from the other room and automatically said "bless you". He heard me say it and came in really confused, because in our minds we HAD to be able to see eachother to communicate. We spent the next few hours yelling to eachother from different rooms just because we thought it was so cool that we could 😂😂

What amazes me is how she is able hold her baby so well and also sign clearly. Mothers are amazing

My parents are both deaf and I'm hearing but I learned sign language first! I ended up speaking English. I love this videos so much! I showed my mom and she laughed so much. Love you guys hope you reply

I would love to learn sign language

so cute when the boy replied sorry in both sign and speech....

Its so funny how the mom does "the child voice" even when signing. I can see it on her face. Sign language is beautiful; I really want to learn

Jarrods dad Jokes are awesome 10/10

I was blown away by the facial expressions of the deaf parents!! it was so easy to understand how they were feeling. Just beautiful! It's ironic that they sound more lively and loud than people who actually speak. And the big brother! HE IS SUCH A GOOD BROTHER. Ahhh everything about this video was beautiful :')

I have no idea why i am watching this but it is really intresting to see their world.

their faces are very expressive when they are signing, I'm enjoying watching them

i am not hearing - impaired or mute, but i taught my babies Baby sign language because i wanted them to be able to communicate before they could speak. That was one of the smartest things i did. None of my 3 children went through the "terrible 2s" because they could tell me what they wanted... why they cried (hungry, hurt, scared, etc)... and my favorite thing - what they noticed in the world around them. I bonded in a special way with my kids because we were communicating well before they could put words together.

They should make children learn it in more preschools while they are little

My husband and I aren't deaf but we used some sign language (maybe 15 signs) with our two daughters starting at about a month old. It was amazing to have them be able to communicate so early, before speech! As they got older they could communicate their needs so much better than others their age and they were both early talkers, using multiple word sentences earlier too. People were always amazed at their communication skills. It was really cute when they started talking, they would use signs at the same time as speech.

I love seeing people sign. It's always so expressive

Did I watch 29 minutes of deaf couples raising kids? Yes, yes I did and I don’t regret it

i used to work at a nursery and looked after a hearing child that had deaf parents. and here at least, it's required that you find a way to communicate with them. it was never a problem. i made up a communication book for them and i wrote in there about his day and any messages i needed to communicate. they wrote in there any messages they needed to communicate.

I love that the couple who had the surprise baby moved in together and are making it work.

Jarrod’s son is so sweet. He seems like he will be a great older brother

The flashing light for when the kids are crying is a really great device. It's such an obvious solution but I always wondered how they were going to hear the kids crying.