Thank You, Mommy! I Love You, Mommy!

These are probably the most adoring words a child can say to his mom. You don't have to breathlessly wait until your baby starts speaking, teach your baby sign "I love you" and "Thank you".

This can be easily done, just learn the "I love you" sign and your heart will melt every time your baby will do this by himself. Your friends and relatives will love him even more and congratulate you a lot. These are some of the best moments in your life. Is not sign language awesome? The "I love you" sign is pretty much the same with the one used by heavy metal lovers. Put your index finger and the little finger up, with the rest of your fingers remaining in the fist. While these fingers are up, move your thumb up. With your fingers placed like this, you shape the I, L and U letters.

It is important to teach your baby be polite, even from early age, before starting to speak. This way, educating your child will be far easier when he grows up and the sign language results can also be seen in the long run. Saying "Thank you" using the sign language is also extremely easy, because babies sometimes tend to be grateful when you offer them the toys they like.

Imagine that not even an adult says "Thank you" all the time and when your little one will sign these words, would not that be great for a parent to see how polite his baby is? Very rewarding! And just think for a second what would the adults around your baby - family, friends, relatives say when they see a very polite baby? Definitely will congratulate you. Be sure that you will be eager to learn more signs and teach your baby more and more new stuff.

The sign for "Thank you" is as follows: put the tips of your fingers on your chin and move your hand down, with your palm pointing from of your chin. You can repeat this sign with your baby every time you offer something to him and make sure he responds to this. You will see that, after a while, when the baby begins to speak his first words, as he associates signs with particular objects and actions, he will easily associate signs with words. And you will realize that signing since little age is extremely beneficial.

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