Many new parents can relate to the frustration of trying to figure out the exact needs of their baby. Are they hungry? Do they need changed? Whether it's a piercing wail to have their diaper checked, ...

You can tell your baby is frustrated. But what do they want? A bottle, a diaper change, world peace? You probably often wish you could solve this mystery. But it’s not easy to do when your baby can’t ...

A few months ago, my 1 year old son started whining. For the first five seconds of his moans, I frantically looked around for what he could possibly want. I came up empty-handed. Fearing his whines ...

Katie Mingus, 17 months old, uses the sign for ‘drink’ as she sits on her father Russ’ lap at their Tacoma, Wash., home. Parents can begin communicating early with babies by teaching them sign ...

With an opening note that ""children who understand sign language tend to have a stronger command of verbal skills,"" Teaching Your Baby to Sign by Lora Heller invites youngsters to learn 21 everyday ...

Baby sign language is appealing to some new parents. Books, Web sites, DVDs teaching babies to sign all claim to encourage language development and strengthen the parent-child bond. Dr. Sydney Spiesel ...

‘Born2Sign.”"SigningBaby.”"Kindersigns.”"Signwithme.”"Sign2me.”"MyBabyCanTalk.” A quick Internet search calls up laundry lists of Web sites targeting parents who would like to ...

How often have you wished so badly that you could understand what your baby is trying to convey? When your little one cries, you know they need something, but you have gone through all the essentials ...

UNDATED HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo has more information about this different approach to teaching babies to communicate. Children usually don't speak their first word until they're a year old, ...

Your baby is going to understand and want to communicate ideas and requests with you a whole lot earlier than they’ll actually be able to verbalize the words. The gap between when a baby and young ...

Wondering what your baby's trying to tell you is frustrating, but what if you could teach your baby sign language to communicate? One Seattle woman is teaching parents and babies how to do that. KING ...