Daughter refusing to speak normally

Why was your DD examined by three psychiatrists though? Has this baby talk been going on for a long time or was there another reason? I couldn’t find a response to that.

Lots of us don’t have the tech skills younger generations have. How is she supposed to convey that?

I noticed that too. The whole thread is weird - the brusque defensiveness, the "my child is completely typical and emotionally balanced but has seen THREE psychiatrists" (that @Maryahadaballtoday has ignored all questions about), and the irrelevant long covid detail that contradicts the OP!

How long has it being going on oP? I read it as a short term thing but the three psychiatrists made me wonder if I’d assumed that rather than read it? Surely DD must have a pretty strong understanding it’s causing problems if she seen three psychiatrists? Did they discuss it directly with her?

Oh get over yourself, you know very well what the OP was conveying with the term "broken home" and as for the insistence that the OP "doesn't have the power" (whatever that means) to say her DD isn't ND you apparently can distance diagnose her in a moment! 🙄

I got the ick, OP, from your self-deprecating humour about your age.

Similar to what you say your daughter is doing, no?

Op I am sorry you are going through this.
I am also sorry you are getting a hard time on here.
If your 8 year was perfectly coherent before this baby talk I would simply ignore her when she does it- she thinks it is cute or will get her attention. Has she watched any movies lately with baby talk? How do her friends speak?

At 8 years old I would say to her " you are going to look like an idiot at school if you talk like that"
Not PC but I am old and it is the truth

No advice but if it's any consolation my 8 year old son is also driving me mad.

Oh come on! She's just mucking about!

OP do you notice what you are doing here? You are dismissing (with stern language) a thoughtful comment by another person and refusing to give it any air time. You are not reflecting on it or wondering whether maybe you could tweak your approach.

Your response right here says a lot for me. She needs some warmth from you and connection and understanding

why are you getting so worked up about this? She is probably looking for your attention & just experimenting with your triggers. Do some funny voices back to her & when she is calm and behaving normally tell her it’s silly and not something you want in your family.

im sure there are plenty of mums who would take your perceived problem over many issues facing mums today

Errr you said in your OP that you'd been sterilised?

I didn’t realise children from “broken homes” talked like this 🤣🤣 are you from the 1960s? My children are from a so called broken home and at 5 and 6 they don’t talk like babies.
im sure it’s just a phase though and you are massively over reacting.

With our DD it seems to be when she's struggling with communicating (because of being stressed/ overwhelmed/ tired/ around lots of people or whatever reason) then it's easier for her to communicate in the most basic form than to put effort into making a proper sentence in an appropriate voice.
She rarely uses baby talk when at home alone with us unless it's after a busy day out or when somethings gone wrong such as spilt drink or shes hurt herself etc, but its common when she's around other people or after stressful times like a school day or busy day out.

I thought some Welsh people travelled to England for medical care.

I’m not sure what relevance you’d think her speaking like a baby would be because she’s from a broken home?

Blimey I'm even more impressed now that you say you're in south wales and have managed to find three psychiatrists.
we could only find two private providers in the whole of south wales and waited years for a referral to the biggest hospital in south east wales
fair play provision and access must have moved on a lot in the last few years
wish it had been like that a few years ago

She’s old enough to know that it’s winding you up and she’s pushing/testing your boundaries. My DD is nearly 8 and doing similar with other things. Doing my tits in frankly but I know it will pass 🤪

Try not to show your irritation, although easier said than done. It’s part of the fun for her.

OP, I mean this gently - but you sound very defensive here.

Sorry to hear your husband lost his job, but why are you mentioning it’s not ‘his fault’? Surely that would be presumed in the first instance.

Would he not be able to say to her in an age appropriate way that he has left his job and is now looking for another one?

What is your daughter’s relationship like with him? Do you all spend quality time together?

So many trips to psychiatrists and conversations with teachers indicate that something is affecting her.

Are there things at home and in your relationships that need to improve?

You sound frazzled, and although your daughter is not growing up in a ‘broken home’, it doesn’t sound like a happy one.

I’m not writing this to make you feel guilty, but just to relay back to you the picture you have been painting here.

Hmm, I bet she absolutely does know and that's behind this behaviour.

Why did she see three psychiatrists, OP?

My 5 year old DD randomly does this.

We tend to tell her babies don't get things that a 5 year old gets, then tell her it is nap time and say we are going to take her to bed or that we going to make her a bottle. We then change the subject and she then stops.

Oddly she doesn't do this for longer periods if she has actually been around a child under 2.

To me it sounds like attention seeking and if you ignore it then she will probably stop.
But she's still very young. A lot of primary age kids can revert back to younger behaviours when they feel a bit threatened or worried about something.
Can you ask her in a non threatening way if there's anything wrong or anything worrying her?
She might be feeling worried about growing up and going back to school. Maybe some of her peers are getting into older stuff like boys and makeup and she doesn't feel ready for that?
She may need reassurance that she's still your little girl and doesn't have to do grown up things yet.

Yes I remember my mum saying my sister did this after spending time with family in teeside.
my eldest is 8 and also hearing a lot of baby talk. Sometimes I let it go, sometimes I don’t understand.
it will get better (I hope)

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