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Not allowing my DP to change words for our DD

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MagicDucky · 29/09/2015 20:45

Our DD is 1.5 and learning to copy all the words we say! We both agreed not to use baby words ("Bo bo" instead of bottle etc...), but the other day he told me we're going to call a fork a for just now because when DD says fork it can, understandably, sound like fuck.

I told him this was ridiculous and we will not be calling it a for.

Personally I couldn't give a rats a** what is sounds like! She'll get it right eventually!

So now he's pi**ed off with me?!

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MagicDucky · 29/09/2015 22:26

I'm going to enjoy showing him this ;)

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DixieNormas · 29/09/2015 22:32

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DonkeyOaty · 30/09/2015 00:23

Your husband can fork off, yeah.

My oldest liked a Chocklit big shit. And yes piss/crisps from youngest.

Ahhh memories. Ofc I now have stonking huge teens who just grunt. Huh.

MinesAPintOfTea · 30/09/2015 00:32

Its training for when they are 3 and everyone hears them announce "that lady has a wobbly bum" or similar.

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 30/09/2015 00:43

Ds had a blue potty. With a fish on. An orange piss on. And he always said fish, not potty/wee-wee...

Dd messes up loads of words.

HeteronormativeHaybales · 30/09/2015 00:55

He should try raising a child bilingually in Germany. A digger is called a Bagger, and the way the a is pronounced, well, suffice to say that being on a UK holiday and small bilingual child seeing a digger leads to some awkward moments.

HIB ridiculous.

mathanxiety · 30/09/2015 01:07

We celebrated the Fork of July here for years.

LindyHemming · 30/09/2015 07:02

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molyholy · 30/09/2015 07:11

I'm with you op. I hate baby talk so much. Used to piss me off when we were potty training dd and ils used to say 'do you want your totty' ffs. They may as well say potty!!! Never understood that one. But now I thinkit

molyholy · 30/09/2015 07:12

Posted too early - I think it is funny how much it wound me up

Graciescotland · 30/09/2015 07:36

Definitely a loud parenting moment. Yes, darling mummy's got you a fork. Yes darling that's a lovely truck. etc

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MagicDucky · 30/09/2015 07:42

molyholy it drives me insane!! His parents keep using bo bo, I've told them they're confusing her and they tell me I'm being silly!! ~slaps hand to forehead~

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HippyChickMama · 30/09/2015 07:47

Ds used to pronounce v as b. He was obsessed with fireman Sam and in particular Venus the fire engine. Or Beenus as he called it. Which sounds almost exactly like penis.

titchy · 30/09/2015 07:52

Biscuits was big tits here. Cue dd yelling at top of her voice 'I want big tits'Blush

Mrsjayy · 30/09/2015 07:59

He is being a bit daft baby swearing is one of the highlights of being a parent we had cock for clock for ages you just correct them say yes thats the clock then snigger. A bo bo for bottle is nothing really my mum and mil always said choo choo and horsey and all that malarkey when mine were learning to talk I dont think it harms their speech much they didnt go to school and say choo choo train

Ilikedmyoldusernamebetter · 30/09/2015 08:21

When I lived in the UK I had a German friend who was bring up her 1 year old to be bilingual, he loved diggers and they would stop on their daily walk by a construction site on the high street of their small town to watch the diggers. The German word for digger is Bagger.

Every single day for several weeks in a row she and her son would stand on a fairly busy pavement pointing at the diggers, with her son excitedly pointing in the direction of the workers and shouting what, to an English speaking ear, sounded exactly like "Bugger! Bugger! Bugger! Bugger!" at the top of his voice and she would smile and encourage him, as people walked past :o

diddl · 30/09/2015 08:22

He's an idiot!

He can't possibly prevent all slip ups by saying words incorrectly until she can pronounce them!

Telling a kid it's "fork & knife" is just setting them up though!

Mrsjayy · 30/09/2015 08:26

Aye it is its just handing them material really Grin

Ilikedmyoldusernamebetter · 30/09/2015 08:27

The "bo bo" and "choo choo" and "horsey" etc thing is Mothereese - its actually been studied and is quite a valid way to talk to babies, as long as you don't continue it on past the baby and tiny toddler stage! I admit I avoid it and freaked out a bit when my DD was first exposed to her second language and reverted to babble, and people who knew about bilingualism told me to babble with her copying her sounds as she was processing the different sounds of her new language in a very natural way which would help her genuinely become fully bilingual, unlike an adult learning a new language more intellectually I couldn't make myself do it, but I didn't try to stop her either, and she learned without me having to babble anyway

I don't think your in-laws are doing any harm with the baby talk, though it makes me cringe when adults do it too, and I don't think its necessary for most children!

puddymuddles · 30/09/2015 08:31

You are both being a bit silly as this is such a small issue. Though your DP is being especially ridiculous!! I used to say shirt as shit when I was in reception as in My school shit!!

Scarletforya · 30/09/2015 08:35

Wait for 'cockporn'

(Popcorn)

123Jump · 30/09/2015 08:54

Not talking baby talk to a baby?
But 'em is such sweet ickle squish balls? Its a crime not to use baby talk.
I think I only used baby talk for months,Grin.
Mine all talk perfectly now.
Unclench, OPs DH!

BrieAndChilli · 30/09/2015 09:01

Dd used to shout very loudly at the cinema that she wanted cockporn!! No dd that would be popcorn!

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