to never use 'baby talk'

[tootiredtomakeupagoodname]

At swimming today with DS's. The woman in the next cubicle was getting her DD changed and saying things like "oh the wee bubba wubba, just you waiting till mummy gets you all cosy tosy in this fluffy wuffy towel".

My teeth are still itching, I have never spoken to my DS's like this - are they missing out on something?

I don't like it either. I think you can still speak affectionately to your child without making words up as you go.

When I was pregnant with DD, long before I discovered the articulate joys of MN, I used to read the Bounty forum (believe me, it's worse than Netmums). Everyone used to refer to their babies as 'Bubs', and for some unknown reason it really used to make me gag...

Where has anybody criticised anyone else for baby talk or made them feel stupid? I can't see it on this thread.

I don't like or use baby-talk, I personally don't see a value in it. There are always studies to support it and whatever the opposing view is. Who cares? Talk to your children how you like, you don't need to justify it, do you?

This board is touchy today...

PLEASE NOTE: that was an unintentional bit of text speak in my previous post. I hate that even more.

Just fancied a bit of a change, Rock.

See, my DCs have learnt to move if I bang my head....because usually it's followed by lots of swearing, and the nearest thing might get thrown, or kicked, or walloped.

Joking, of course.

That said, though, sometimes children will just make words up, regardless of baby-talking or otherwise.

My aforementioned son, who could speak in clear, understandable sentences from 15 months, called Monsters Inc. "Ree Reets"

Nobody ever got where that came from. We were totally baffled!

See, my DCs have learnt to move if I bang my head....because usually it's followed by lots of swearing, and the nearest thing might get thrown, or kicked, or walloped.

Joking, of course.

I'm not

Hahaha.
'she should be punched in the face' doesn't constitute criticism then?

But I don't give a shit how anyone else talks to their child.
Just saying that the idea it is bad for your child is wrong.

Although the idea of aibu not being touchy is quite entertaining

Toby Mushroom Risotto is called Shoemice in our house. After weeks and weeks of DD3 asking for it and me having no clue what she was on about, I cooked a mushroom risotto for lunch one day and she fell over herself in excitement to get to the table to eat 'Shoemice, mummy, I love you'

And the boot of a car is still called a berryback after I named it thus at about 18m. Apparently.

Rock
Ds2 has echolaia
Baby talk would have been better than the ass-hole he mastered really early

LWITW I thought that two but I did say earlier I had always thought it to be a piss take as I have never encountered it before so thought I better bite my tongue on that one - apart from this though no-one has referred to anyone being stupid for doing it, I just don't use cutesy wutsey lickly baby wabey rhyming slang.

too, not two - see my brainy wainey has been fried

I never did baby talk on the level of 'ooh bubbubs has oo got stinky botty?' but I don't suppose I asked her opinion on what she thought about the US financial crisis either. (Her reply to that question would probably be ' Bye-bye, mummy. Boing!')
If you talk to your baby regularly I don't see any problem with not using baby talk; you might use more whole-word repetition rather than sound repetition (like: "Can you find me your shoe? Is this your shoe? That's your shoe!" rather than 'where's bubba's shoesy-woesy?") but you probably subconsciously amend your speech a bit for your DSs. If they respond to what you say (even sometimes!) it's good. Pretty much horses for courses, I reckon.

That said, there should be no mercy for anyone who uses baby talk to their DHs.

DS managed wanker wanker wanker all the way home perfectly well at 2.5

Gosh, Pag I didn't know that. Has he just done his GCSE's, or was that your other DS?

tootired yep - totally!

No Rockstock
Ds1 just got his a levels and off to Exeter.
Ds2 won't do exams. But his echolaia is lovely.

I can say 'you are so gorgeous and not at all fat in that outfit..'

Oh, well, clearly I am in a crass minority. I'm sure I did my fair bit of baby talk. The babies in question are now eight and 10, and really quite articulate and good with proper language.

That's right - sorry. I knew I'd been on one thread with you (DD1 - AS this year), and couldn't remember whether it was that one or this week's GCSE one I'm on for DD2.

I never did it. My children manage to communicate.

Maybe if I had they wouldn't talk endlessly about bums and willies, who knows?

festivalwidow hubby wubby will be home soon from workey turkey (tootired wonders that she might be getting a bit too good at this baby chat)

As and gcse and a teeny one?

Brave foolish woman.

I don't mind baby talk per se but I never understand the point of calling things by the wrong name.

Calling chickens 'cluck-clucks' etc. Saying "Yes DS/DD that's a chicken, chickens say cluck cluck" then they would hear the name and the sound.

shoemice...mushroom-rice...I think it's an excellent description of mushroom risotto!

I do admit to baby-talk when they are babies, and it phases itself out naturally as their speech develops. The older DDs were very articulate from a young age so it clearly did them no harm. DD3 seems to be going in the same direction.