We all sometimes stare at our bawling baby and wish they could just tell us what they need… but what if that was actually possible? What if our tiny child, whose voice box is not yet mature enough to ...

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, ...

I will admit that I did NOT want to like My Baby Can Talk, sign language DVDs from Baby Hands Productions. Regular readers of this column will recall that we are teaching our daughter American Sign ...

Meghan Walbert is Lifehacker's Managing Editor. She has a degree in journalism and has worked at Lifehacker as a writer and editor since 2018, covering parenting, foster care, online child safety, and ...

Providing babies with tools to help grown-ups understand what they want also boosts their self-confidence. Parents don't have to be fluent in sign language; most of the basic signs are iconic, meaning ...

Amesbury couple Erika and Diana Mazzaglia-West’s 14-month-old son, Joshua, has been learning a bit of sign language at home. “It’s been very helpful,” Mazzaglia-West said. “He knows basic signs, like ...

Babies’ first smiles have always been joyous milestones, the first real sign they are social beings reaching out to actively engage with their parents. Increasingly, however, parents want even greater ...