Some parents get worried if they don’t feel their child is following the “steps” of sign language by the book. One mom commented, “My 15 month old son has somehow gotten the “more” sign confused… he does it when he wants something as opposed to wanting more of something… how do I get him back on track?”

I have two children that I did baby sign language with, and I teach baby sign language classes. Her 15 month old is doing exactly what he should be. He’s simply in one of the signing stages called “experimenting”. In this stage they try to use the signs in different contexts, which is great. Plus, it doesn’t sound like he’s that confused about the sign. My kids did it all the time, when they wanted something they would also sign more… if they didn’t have something at the moment, they wanted more of whatever it was.

Andrea Burton Ploehn, co-founder signing 4 baby