Babies taught sign-language (Lincolnshire Echo)

Mum-to-be Rosie Gilmore has high hopes her new baby will be talking at six months old.

She wants her new arrival to ask to be fed and she even hopes the little bundle of joy will demand its nappy changing.

But Rosie is no pushy mum keeping her fingers crossed for a child prodigy.

In fact, she teaches sign-language for babies, encouraging non-verbal communication between mums and tots.

Baby signing is a method developed by experts who found babies with deaf parents learned to sign very quickly.

The babies are taught very simple gestures in order to identify their needs - for example, squeezing the fingers together twice indicates the need for milk.

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