ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A heartwarming video of a baby girl in Florida signing to her deaf grandparents has captured millions of views online.
Baby Jane, even before she can talk and walk, has established a unique way of communicating with her deaf grandparents.
“She always lights up when she sees them signing to her, and she gets really excited,” said Mara McCullough, Jane’s mother.
McCullough shared that at around four and a half months old, Jane began moving her hands and babbling to her grandparents.
“Being with them every single day, seeing it every single day, just like she is seeing it modeled and communicated to me every single day,” she explained.
McCullough started recording these precious moments on her phone.
Last week, she posted a video on TikTok.
“I just saw her in her little chair start signing, and my parents started signing back to her,” she said.
In the video, Jane can be seen excitedly waving her hands and trying to communicate.
The video has now garnered over 9 million views.
“I wasn’t expecting that reaction,” McCullough admitted.
She noted that it’s common for babies in the deaf community to babble.
“Now the world is seeing that not just the deaf community, more people are realizing babies have the capabilities to babble in sign language,” she said.
McCullough encourages other parents to teach their children American Sign Language.
“Make sure they’re learning from someone who is a native signer, whether deaf or a CODA (child of a deaf adult) like me, so that they get the proper signs,” she advised.
While Jane hasn’t fully mastered sign language yet, her mother said she always responds to words like “water” and “outside.”
