'Cutesy' language to baby

[Wick]

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DH keeps saying "feeties" instead of foot or feet and many other words to our 10 month old. I've asked him to use the proper words while our child learns to speak but he's carrying on anyway.

It's driving me mad, AIBU?

Maybe you could provide your husband with a pre-approved script for interacting with his baby? What are you scared of exactly? Your baby is ten months old! If he was still talking like that to an eight year old then yes I'd find that absurd but at ten months and for the next year your baby will love listening to their dad say silly words in a silly voice.

My child had toeziez and pawsies. You don’t like it - I don’t care, it makes my baby smile so that’s all I care about.

Yes, you're being silly. Baby talk helps your child listen for the key sounds they'll need to make.

Plus... Stop micromanaging. You can't control the dynamic. Would you like him to dictate how you talk to your baby? Don't make him look over his shoulder when he's nurturing.

You wouldn't like it much in our house op. Ickle, toesies, chub chub, nosey, feeties etc etc all the way here. My nearly 2 year old loves it.

I doubt your child will get to adulthood and still be referring to his 'sockies' so I wouldn't worry!

Really hated all that baby talk and never did it - child got to school and suddenly started calling horses horsies. Shudder.

Whether or not you say "horsey" or "leggies" they end up saying it anyway. We didn't use baby talk and my 2yo uses it. I wouldn't say it's worth the bother worrying about it

Do it to dh!!
Would you like a bicky?
Do you need any helpy welpy?. Can I smash your facey wacey?

Your child will still learn the proper words OP. When mine were learning to talk they make up versions of things all of their own. Dd2 practically had her own language, I was quite sad when they stopped using them but they always do. Your not going to get a 3 or 4 year old who genuinely think they are called feeties

This reminds me of my husband. Before our son was born he repeatedly said he didn't want any baby talk or made up words we would talk normally all the time. I completly agreed with him.
Once DS was here though he kept slipping up with things like moo cow instead of cow, donnies instead of hands, brum brum instead of car. It was so funny watching him get wound up with himself

We said "footsers" for feet- believe me my son knew both feet and foot as proper words

YABU. He can speak however he likes to his own kid.

His own babyhood is coming out of his mouth. This is the way your MiL brought him up and it's lovely. He must have been a secure and well loved baby and he wants to give your child that same experience. Let him chat nonsense to his baby. They will have a fantastic bond.

I used to still do make words longer, for example feet became feety-weety-woo-woo-woos and occasionally call my dc and dh ridiculous names such as "Dadlington" instead of dad.

Made up, babyish language really does help with language acquisition and development which is why the Teletubbies talked like they did.

Making up daft rhymes etc also helps babies and young children "hear" the words and the sounds within them which ultimately helps when learning to read and spell.

yabu. I use armies, leggies, toothy pegs, off the top of my head. My child has excellent speech and is able to use the proper words, it's just normal interaction with a child.

I grew up having feet called tootsies and eggs googies. I do not use these words as an adult.

Yabu people have done these for donkeys. It’s a good way too bond.

That's one of the main reasons to have a baby, tbh. No babies here, so I use nonsense baby-talk-esque words with the dogs, instead.

Doesn't everyone do that and we all end up able to speak properly....

There aren't any 50 year olds saying their ferries are cold

My mil on FaceTime was saying to my dd (just turned 2) "OH DO YEWWW WUV UR RED DIP DIP" and dd nonchalantly looked down at her ketchup sauce, looked up and said "love my sauce" I had to mute myself while I laughed 🤣🤣🤣

Yanbu

Its funny. I always used real words with dd, as did her dad. We went into the shopping centre and a stranger said something about a “bot bot”. Dd looked at him like he was mad (she was two).

I taught her the real alphabet, then she went to school where she had to learn the phonetic alphabet and then the real alphabet all over again.

Give your dh a break. Its annoying, but he’s preparing her for the lunacy of the outside world.

So he can't speak to his child how he wants to? Maybe he dislikes your way of speaking to his son.

Maybe relax a bit. I doubt your son will grow up going into Clark’s requesting new work shoes for his feeties.

We call our toddler's penis a 'tiddler' or 'tinkle'. If he's still using these words at 30 then that's something to be concerned about