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Baby sign language is a method in which you and your infant use specific hand shapes and motions to convey words and meaning.

Using baby sign language is a great way to create a strong personal bond between baby and parents.

Baby sign language is an excellent way for parents to be able communicate with a child who hasn’t developed their verbal skills yet.

Babies who were taught to sign tend to talk earlier, have larger vocabularies and a higher IQ than non-signing babies.

Most experts agree that a baby will not be able to distinguish signs in any meaningful way prior to reaching 6 months in age, so, you may begin to introduce basic signs at age 6 to 9 months.

Model the sign and say the word at the same time. When you sign and say the word at the same time, your child can connect with the word on two different levels. This incorporates two of the ways we learn new things, by seeing and hearing.

Here are a few of the best signs to start using with your baby:

• finish/all done
• drink
• food/eat
• more
• want

Once your baby begins signing you’ll see for yourself how the ability to use signs makes daily life with your baby easier and much more fun.

It’s that time of the year again, break out the treats and prepare for the onslaught; the endless stream of trick-or-treaters in all their gory glory. You’re in for a devil of a time.

There are so many kids devil costumes to choose from for your devil child (or your darling angel) no matter how old they are. How will you decide? There’s a Halloween costume to suit any child’s personality. With dozens of new designs available to choose from there needn’t be complaints that everyone else is wearing the same thing.

Children aren’t always good or bad – they’re usually a little mix of naughty and nice. If that describes your toddler they’ll be right at home in the Naughty & Nice Toddler Costume. For the baby that’s a little angel with a devil of a smile, the Here Comes Trouble Infant Costume says it all. The older child who’s torn between good and evil will look just perfect in the Double Trouble Child Costume.

If your child is just a devil of a kid, no question about it, then there’s a range to suit from the Devil D’Little Infant or Toddler Costume for your dashing but devilish little man to the Devil Chick Child’s Costume for the one who really means trouble, but isn’t old enough to cause enough of it yet. If she is, the Devil in Da Hood Tween Costume will appeal to your tween princess of darkness.

Here’s just the thing for your feminine little brat – the Bratz Almost an Angel Child Costume for the prettiest little devil in the street. She’ll love it so much she’ll want to wear it every day.

Even the most devilish little girl is still your princess – even if she’s a royal pain most of the time. If that sounds like your daughter, she’ll love the Princess Devil Child Costume.

Perhaps there’s just no doubt in your mind that your little one will be walking on the dark side. If she was born with horns, the Born Bad Child/Teen Costume will at least warn everyone she’s approaching.

But the night is all about staring the devil in the face and surviving, so how about a fiery and fierce Faces Devil Costume for children or teens. She’ll look cool but people will feel the fire of her wrath if the treats aren’t forthcoming.

The little boy with a black outlook and a thirst for evil adventure can help Satan out wearing the Evil Warlock Costume. Get him a pitchfork to go with it – if you dare! Then again, he’s probably already got his own.

You’ll know you’re headed for trouble if your tween insists on the Gleam Girls Devil Tween Costume. She really will look too hot to handle – but some will try – so you’d better get into your own devil Halloween costume and take a giant sized pitchfork with you!

The three bears had their own place to sit; your child deserves a seat of his own too A chair may not seem like a very exciting Christmas gift. This is usually the thought of the parent. Children see things a bit differently. Even with the competition of dolls, cars, blocks or games calling for a child’s attention a chair just their size usually is a sought out and fought over prize.

Think about it for a moment: your baby or toddler lives in a world hugely out of their reach. The kitchen table towers of their heads, the couch and arm chairs they see mommy and daddy sitting in so comfortably can only be reached with help or after a monumental climb that takes months of preparation to complete. The cupboards and storage areas are huge, high and often off limits to your child’s curious little fingers.

Yet in this huge over sized world your baby and toddler watch you, and learn by mimicking your every move. Our children when they are smallest want to do and be exactly what they see mom or dad doing or being. Add to the desire to emulate their parents the stubbornness of a toddler ardently wishing to do it himself, and a chair just your baby’s size does not seem like such a boring gift anymore. You still don’t buy into the depth of a child’s desire to fit into the adult world of their mom or dad? Take a stroll down the toy aisles as you shop for holiday gifts suited to your 18-month old son or daughter. What do you see: dolls, mini babies for toddler’s hands to soothe; cars and trucks for children to drive; cell phones; tea sets and cookware; tools to rival the collection of even the most well equipped handyman; there are even toys devoted to mimicking cleaning supplies which are hugely popular. Thinking of giving your child a toy broom and dustpan puts the idea of a chair into perspective.

There are many kinds of chairs you can choose from for your toddler. Deciding how and where your child will use their chair will help you zero in on the perfect one. For example a chair for use in the kitchen will have different specifications than a chair used in the family room or a bedroom. You will find tiny wooden rocking chairs that are so elegant they will look at home in the most perfectly appointed rooms.

Want something just fun with lots of bold colors? There are chairs for that too! You will find soft fabric and foam chairs, as well as wooden, plastic or metal chairs. Some chairs are tiny replicas of their larger cousins made for grown up bodies, others are wild and fun designs only for children’s use. There are even chairs dedicated to favorite classical and modern childhood characters.

Do you have royalty in your residence? A little lounging princess that seems to know she’s destined for greater things? You could have a Princess Leia in your midst. If she’s more ambitious and already rules the throne you may be the proud parent of Queen Amidala. If your home is frequently filled with noisy battle ground activity, and more often than not seems to resemble a battlefield, you may have a Jedi Knight or two on your hands and there may just be a serious galactic war going on right under your nose.

You wouldn’t see it of course – you’re an adult but oh the joy of childhood. Children live in a world where reality and imagination come together resulting in a whole lot of fun.

Well, Halloween is nearly here and what better time to celebrate your child’s imagination and help them frolic in the world of make believe for a night. If your kids sometimes seem to be from another planet, they’ll really appreciate one of the many real kids Star Wars Halloween costumes so they can feel right at home on the night.

Does your boy have a special calling in life? If he’s out to save the world he might like the Luke Skywalker Child Costume. Let the Jedi Knight in him come out. He’ll be right at home fighting off evil spooks on Halloween.

Perhaps your little princess has grandiose ambitions and already likes to lay down the law. Or maybe you have royal blood in your family veins. If so, the Queen Amidala Costume will let her express her royalty on Halloween.

If the little man of the house prefers to play the baddie, he might be a Sith Lord in which case the Darth Maul Child’s Costume could be the perfect fit. Darth Maul managed to take out the Black Sun crime gang so a few zombies and odd looking pumpkins aren’t going to trouble him.

It’s said that many a true word has come from the mouth of babies, so if your child has a wisdom beyond their years the Star Wars Yoda Deluxe Child Costume will be the obvious choice. His or her words of wisdom will guide any wayward souls to the Force.

No battle is complete without an elite fighting force and no one can underestimate the Imperial dominance of the Stormtroopers. If your clones need a bit of uniformity then you’ll want to get them Star Wars Clone Trooper Costumes. If your little one too small to fit into armor they’ll be the perfect size for a R2D2 or C-3PO Infant Costume. These little droids are full of personality and ingenuity.

Help your children become lost in their amazing imaginations this Halloween. Your own imagination may have dimmed with age and the everyday realities of life but watching your young ones enjoy a mystical and magical night on Halloween will refresh your memory!

Star Wars was the biggest modern fairytale of its era and fed the imaginations of a generation of children. Why not kit the whole family out in real adult and child Star Wars costumes for Halloween and play out your own galactic war on the night!