Not meaning this as a goady thread for those in favour, but I really don't get why you would invest time learning & teaching your baby to sign instead of talk?
I'm a cm and one of my parents uses signing at home and keeps asking what new signs DS has done today whereas I'm more focused on speaking, the sounds & words forming. Presumably there's a good solid case for baby signing and enhancing communication so can anyone enlighten me please. (And maybe suggestions for a few basic ones to learn if it really is helpful?)