Sign for BABY in ASL | 👩‍🍼 ASL Dictionary

How do you sign “Baby” in ASL?

BABY: BABY in American Sign Language (ASL) refers to an infant or very young child. The video and animated demonstration below show the sign.

ASL sign for baby — animated demonstration

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When do you use BABY in ASL?

BABY is one of those signs almost everyone recognizes before they study ASL at all. It comes up in family talk, in announcements, and in the growing world of baby sign language, where hearing parents borrow ASL vocabulary for pre-verbal communication.

The challenge teaches it in Lesson 25, the family lesson of Book 1.

📖 BABY is taught in Lesson 25 of ASL 101: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →




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