A baby attempting to communicate with her deaf grandparents through sign language has gone viral on . The video, posted by Mara McCullough, 27, showcases her daughter sitting in her baby rocker, babbling animatedly in sign language. McCullough, from St.
Augustine, Florida, told it has been amazing to see her 5-and-a-half-month-old communicate through sign language before learning to speak. "It's almost hard for me to believe my baby who isn't even half-a-year-old yet is beginning to try to communicate with us," McCullough said. "It fills me with joy knowing she is going to be fluent in American Sign Language and sign with her ," the 27-year-old added.
, which has been viewed more than 8.8 million times and liked almost 2 million times, shows the hearing baby excitedly waving her hands and mimicking sign-language gestures. Her grandparents, who are both deaf, respond to her enthusiastic attempts using (ASL).
Taking it in turns to communicate, McCullough's baby even observes her grandparents before sharing her own babbles and facial expressions. Research, published in scholarly journal, has shown that babies can start to learn and use sign language, even before they develop verbal skills. "My parents witnessed the same with my hearing brother and I when we were babies," McCullough told .
Viewers on TikTok are understandably impressed by the baby daughter's display of early sign-language acquisition, commenting on their "beautiful relationship." One TikTok user said: "The way sh.