Thanks for your comments.
Firstly well done for starting, I can understand for the sake of ease within your family you may have thought it was easier to go with ASL but using Auslan is a great way for us to help and support the language of the Deaf Community of Australia.

I have covered a lot of what you asked here in a couple of my previous articles;

- Auslan or ASL, Whats the best Baby Sign Language?
In this article I have gone through the pros and cons of each and how you can work to adapt some signs, like milk, as you mentioned above as while trying to stick to Auslan sometimes it is not possible to have two hands free, especially with a small child on the go

- Substituting Words In Baby Sign Language
In this article I talked about ways you can swap your words that you may use with your baby for certain things with the correct English word.

Remember, Baby Sign is about having fun! Don’t over stress or over analyse to much, if your finding it hard work your baby will pick up on that and make it less enjoyable for them. Baby Hands products all use the correct Auslan signing system and I would encourage all parents to try and stick to the signs as best they can but if you feel the need to adapt slightly in some circumstances to make it easier for you then you should not worry to much.

When using your hands there are people who sign right handed, people who sign left handed and people who will sign with either hand.

Thanks for the feedback on the image in the book, you spotted our “deliberate” mistake. I’ll get that fixed on the next print run