Milk – Baby Sign
Watch this baby sign video to see the ASL sign for Milk, plus learn how to teach your baby to sign Milk in Baby Sign Language.
BABIES SIGNING MILK
LEARN IT
How to Sign Milk
To do the baby sign for milk, have your dominant hand in a loose fist with your thumb side facing up. Squeeze your loose fist open and shut. You can exaggerate this sign for your baby and open your hand more. This will also help you more easily notice when your baby is signing.
REMEMBER IT
Remembering the Baby Sign for Milk
To remember the baby sign for milk, think of someone milking a cow.
TEACH IT
Teaching your Baby to Sign Milk
To teach your baby to sign milk, always do the sign while verbally saying the word in a sentence.
Would you like some milk? while offering your baby his or her bottle or right before you breastfeed.
Mmmm. How yummy is your milk? while your baby is drinking a bottle or while you are breastfeeding.
Try to be consistent, so your baby will make the association between the sign and milk. By using the sign in a sentence, your baby is also exposed to verbal language and more vocabulary. Awesome!
USE IT
Your Baby Signing Milk
Here are a couple ways your baby can use the baby sign for milk.
She can ask you for some milk.
He can tell you where he put his bottle down, or he will better understand you when you ask where he put his milk.
When else does your baby sign milk? Share with everyone in the comments below.
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Please share your successes or questions in the comments below. Your stories and questions are so valuable to other parents learning, so thank you for sharing!
END OF THE LINE
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