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Quotes about sign language for babies:

"There's good news for frustrated parents of strong-willed tots in their terrible twos. More and more parents are turning to sign language to foster communication - making life easier, and quieter, for both parents and child."

- "Teaching toddlers how to sign"- CBS Television, The Early Show, May 14^th, 2001

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"Infants and toddlers who learn a simple sign language for common words may learn to speak faster and may do better on future IQ tests than children who learn to speak the usual way.  So say two California researchers who have studied baby sign in healthy children for more than a decade."

- "Look who's talking with gestures: Simple sign language may raise baby's IQ in the future"--USA Today, July 5^th, 2000

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 "Simple hand motions can pack a powerful message when you're 8 months old and struggling to communicate with mommy and daddy.  From a gesture signaling a desire for milk to fingers imitating whiskers on a cat, sign language can help hearing babies and their parents understand each other better in the pre-verbal stage of development."

- "Class creating kiddie signal corps"--The Register-Guard, September 26, 2000

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 "Typically, infant cognitive and motor skills develop much faster than the ability to speak, so while infants or toddlers can understand what is being said, often they cannot verbalize their understanding or their needs.  That is where infant sign language comes in."

-"Infant sign language"-- Birth to Three Parenting Newsletter, Jan/Feb 2001